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 Jesus had finished saying all this to the people, he returned to Capernaum. 2At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death. When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave. 4So they earnestly begged Jesus to help the man. “If anyone deserves your help, he does,” they said, 5“for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us.”

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when he heardἀκούωakouō · to hearG191
• ofπερίperi · aboutG4012
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• he sentἀποστέλλωapostellō · to sendG649
• untoπρόςpros · to/withG4314
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• the eldersπρεσβύτεροςpresbuteros · elder (leader)G4245
• of the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• beseechingἐρωτάωerōtaō · to askG2065
• thatὅπωςhopōs · thatG3704
• he would comeἔρχομαιerchomai · to come/goG2064
• and healδιασῴζωdiasōzō · to saveG1295
• servantδοῦλοςdoulos · slaveG1401

Cross-references for Luke 7:3

• Luke 8:41Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him.
• Luke 9:38A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child.
• Matthew 8:5When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,
• John 4:47When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.
• Philemon 1:10I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison.

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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• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
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• Palsy
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• Heal

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