Luke 7:3

Luke 7:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
• New International Version (NIV)The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.
• New King James Version (NKJV)So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant.

Context of Luke 7:3

1When He had completed all His teaching in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. 2Now a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. 4When they came to Jesus, they strongly urged Him, saying, “He is worthy for You to grant this to him; 5for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

Luke 7:3 word by word

ἀκούσας δὲ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν πρεσβυτέρους τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐρωτῶν αὐτὸν ὅπως ἐλθὼν διασώσῃ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ.Read the interlinear

• When he heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• aboutπερίperi · aboutG4012
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• he sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• JewishἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• to Him, askingἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• Him to comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and saveδιασῴζωdiasōzō · to saveG1295
• of his slaveδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401

Cross-references for Luke 7:3

• Luke 8:41And a man named Jairus came, and he was an official of the synagogue; and he fell at Jesus’ feet, and began urging Him to come to his house;
• Luke 9:38And a man from the crowd shouted, saying, “Teacher, I beg You to look at my son, because he is my only son,
• Matthew 8:5And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, begging Him,
• John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea into Galilee, he went to Him and began asking Him to come down and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.
• Philemon 1:10I appeal to you for my son Onesimus, whom I fathered in my imprisonment,

Commentaries on Luke 7:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Elders 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…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jewish elders were leaders in the Jewish community. Matthew’s shorter account says that the centurion approached Jesus himself (Matthew 8:5–13). Luke gives more details and explains that Jewish elders, and later the centurion’s friends, spoke to Jesus for him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-10(See on Mt 8:5-13.) 4. he was worthy--a testimony most precious, coming from those who probably were strangers to the principle from which he acted (Ec 7:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Luke 7:3

• Capernaum
• Centurion
• Faith
• Heathen
• Jesus, the Christ
• Kindness
• Love
• Miracles
• Prayer
• Religion
• Servant

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Commentaries on Luke 7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings