Luke 7:3 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

Some difference there is between this story of the cure of the centurion's servant as it is related here and as we had it in Matt. 8:5 There it was said that the centurion came to Christ; here it is said that he sent to him first some of the elders of the Jews (Luke 7:3), and afterwards some other friends, Luke 7:6. But it is a rule that we are said to do that which we do by another?Quod facimus per alium, id ipsum facere judicamur. The centurion might be said to do that which he did by his... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:1-10

7:1-10 When Jesus had completed all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum. The servant of a certain centurion was so ill that he was going to die, and he was very dear to him. When he heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him and asked him to come and save his servant's life. They came to Jesus and strenuously urged him to come. "He is," they said, "a man who deserves that you should do this for him, for he loves our nation and has himself built us our... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:3

And when he heard of Jesus ,.... That he was come, as the Ethiopic version adds, into the city of Capernaum; or of his miracles, which he had done there, and elsewhere: he sent unto him the elders of the Jews : in whom he had an interest, judging himself, being a Gentile, very unworthy and unfit to go himself, and ask a favour of so great a person as Christ was, such was his modesty and humility. These elders he sent, were not the more ancient inhabitants of the city, called זקני עם ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:3

Elders of the Jews - These were either magistrates in the place, or the elders of the synagogue which the centurion had built, Luke 7:5 . He sent these, probably, because he was afraid to come to Christ himself, not being a Jew, either by nation or religion. In the parallel place in Matthew, he is represented as coming to Christ himself; but it is a usual form of speech in all nations, to attribute the act to a person which is done not by himself, but by his authority. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The servant ( or slave ) of the centurion of Capernaum is healed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The centurion. He is a Roman, whose inclinations were naturally' opposed to all that seemed Jewish. He is a heathen by birth, whose early education was wholly removed from the worship of the Father. He is a soldier with a charge in the garrison of Capernaum, tempted, therefore, to indulgence in a domineering spirit, and to the following of that voice which whispers, "Take thy fill ere death; indulge thee and rejoice." What is the portrait presented? A man deeply in earnest about religious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

Faith in its fulness. The greatness of the centurion's faith is attested by our Lord himself; he declared that it was superior to anything he had "found in Israel." We see evidence of its fulness in that— I. IT TRIUMPHED OVER NATIONAL PREJUDICE . Here is a Roman exercising the most perfect confidence in a Jew—putting one in whom he was closely and deeply interested into the hands of an Israelite. We must remember all the pride of the Romans as such, and all their hatred as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-17

The Saviour of sick and dead. On returning to Capernaum after the sermon on the mount, the Saviour is confronted with a deputation from a centurion about his sick servant. To the miracle of healing in Luke 7:2-10 we turn first; and then we shall consider the miracle of resurrection ( Luke 7:11-17 ), by which it is followed. I. THE SAVIOUR OF THE SICK . (Verses1-10.) 1 . Let us observe the self-abasement of the centurion. And in this connection we must notice the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:3

And when he heard of Jesus; better rendered, having heard about Jesus. His fame as a good Physician, such as never had arisen before, coupled with his reputation as a Teacher, had now travelled far and wide. The devout centurion probably had watched with extreme interest the career of the strange and remarkable Teacher-Prophet who had risen up among the people, and had apparently (see note on Luke 7:7 ) made up his mind that this Jesus was no mortal man. He sent unto him the elders of... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 7:1-10

Luke 7:1-10. When he had ended all his sayings Namely, those contained in the preceding chapter; in the audience of the people For though his discourse was immediately addressed to his disciples, he delivered it in the hearing of the people who stood round him in the plain; he entered into Capernaum Near which town the plain was in which he had preached. And a certain centurion’s servant was sick See some of the circumstances of the miracle explained on Matthew 8:5-10. And when he... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Luke 7:1-10

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