Luke 7:3
New International Version
The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant.

New Living Translation
When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave.

English Standard Version
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.

Berean Standard Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

Berean Literal Bible
And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, begging Him that having come, He might save his servant.

King James Bible
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 King James Version
So when he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, pleading with Him to come and heal his servant.

New American Standard Bible
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

NASB 1995
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

NASB 1977
And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Legacy Standard Bible
Now when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Amplified Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave.

Christian Standard Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, requesting him to come and save the life of his servant.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and save the life of his slave.

American Standard Version
And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews; asking him that he would come and save his servant.

Contemporary English Version
And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant.

English Revised Version
And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The officer had heard about Jesus and sent some Jewish leaders to him. They were to ask Jesus to come and save the servant's life.

Good News Translation
When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his servant.

International Standard Version
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him to ask him to come and save his servant's life.

Majority Standard Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.

NET Bible
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.

New Heart English Bible
When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him Jewish elders, asking him to come and save his servant.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

Weymouth New Testament
and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his servant to health.

World English Bible
When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and having heard about Jesus, he sent to Him elders of the Jews, imploring Him, that having come He might thoroughly save his servant.

Berean Literal Bible
And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, begging Him that having come, He might save his servant.

Young's Literal Translation
and having heard about Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, beseeching him, that having come he might thoroughly save his servant.

Smith's Literal Translation
And having heard of Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him, that having come, he would save his servant.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when he had heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, petitioning him, so that he would come and heal his servant.

New American Bible
When he heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and save the life of his slave.

New Revised Standard Version
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when he heard about Jesus, he sent to him Jewish elders, and besought him to come and heal his servant.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he had heard about Yeshua, and he sent Elders of the Jews to him and he was begging him to come and save the life of his servant.
NT Translations
Anderson New Testament
But when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, and besought him to come and save his servant.

Godbey New Testament
And hearing about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that having come He may save his servant.

Haweis New Testament
But when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, entreating him that he would come and preserve the life of his servant.

Mace New Testament
this centurion having heard of Jesus's fame, sent several elders of the Jews to intreat him to come, and recover his servant.

Weymouth New Testament
and the Captain, hearing about Jesus, sent to Him some of the Jewish Elders, begging Him to come and restore his servant to health.

Worrell New Testament
And, having heard about Jesus, he sent to Him elders of the Jews, asking Him, that, having come, He would thoroughly save his servant.

Worsley New Testament
and having heard of Jesus, he sent unto Him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that He would come and heal his servant.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Faith of the Centurion
2There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. 3When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. 4They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,…

Cross References
Matthew 8:5-13
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, / “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” / “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied. ...

John 4:46-54
So once again He came to Cana in Galilee, where He had turned the water into wine. And there was a royal official whose son lay sick at Capernaum. / When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Him to come down and heal his son, who was about to die. / Jesus said to him, “Unless you people see signs and wonders, you will never believe.” ...

Acts 10:1-2
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. / He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly.

Matthew 15:21-28
Leaving that place, Jesus withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. / And a Canaanite woman from that region came to Him, crying out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me! My daughter is miserably possessed by a demon.” / But Jesus did not answer a word. So His disciples came and urged Him, “Send her away, for she keeps crying out after us.” ...

Mark 5:22-23
A synagogue leader named Jairus arrived, and seeing Jesus, he fell at His feet / and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

John 11:3
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”

Acts 9:38
Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, hearing that Peter was there, sent two men to urge him, “Come to us without delay.”

2 Kings 5:1-14
Now Naaman, the commander of the army of the king of Aram, was a great man in his master’s sight and highly regarded, for through him the LORD had given victory to Aram. And he was a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper. / At this time the Arameans had gone out in bands and had taken a young girl from the land of Israel, and she was serving Naaman’s wife. / She said to her mistress, “If only my master would go to the prophet who is in Samaria, he would cure him of his leprosy.” ...

1 Kings 17:17-24
Later, the son of the woman who owned the house became ill, and his sickness grew worse and worse, until no breath remained in him. / “O man of God,” said the woman to Elijah, “what have you done to me? Have you come to remind me of my iniquity and cause the death of my son?” / But Elijah said to her, “Give me your son.” So he took him from her arms, carried him to the upper room where he was staying, and laid him on his own bed. ...

2 Kings 4:32-37
When Elisha reached the house, there was the boy lying dead on his bed. / So he went in, closed the door behind the two of them, and prayed to the LORD. / Then Elisha got on the bed and lay on the boy, mouth to mouth, eye to eye, and hand to hand. As he stretched himself out over him, the boy’s body became warm. ...

Matthew 9:18-19
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.” / So Jesus got up and went with him, along with His disciples.

Mark 7:25-30
Instead, a woman whose little daughter had an unclean spirit soon heard about Jesus, and she came and fell at His feet. / Now she was a Greek woman of Syrophoenician origin, and she kept asking Jesus to drive the demon out of her daughter. / “First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.” ...

John 11:21-22
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. / But even now I know that God will give You whatever You ask of Him.”

Acts 10:22
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

Acts 22:12
There a man named Ananias, a devout observer of the law who was highly regarded by all the Jews living there,


Treasury of Scripture

And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

Luke 8:41
And, behold, there came a man named Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue: and he fell down at Jesus' feet, and besought him that he would come into his house:

Luke 9:38
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.

Matthew 8:5
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

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Luke 7
1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he held of John;
31. compares this generation to the children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners, to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.














When the centurion heard about Jesus
The term "centurion" refers to a Roman officer in charge of approximately one hundred soldiers. This title indicates a man of authority and discipline, often respected for his leadership and character. The centurion's hearing about Jesus suggests the widespread reputation of Jesus' ministry, even among the Gentiles. The Greek word for "heard" (ἀκούσας, akousas) implies not just passive listening but an active engagement with the information, indicating the centurion's openness to the truth of Jesus' power and compassion.

he sent some Jewish elders
The act of sending Jewish elders is significant, as it reflects the centurion's respect for Jewish customs and his understanding of the cultural and religious dynamics of the time. The Greek word for "elders" (πρεσβυτέρους, presbyterous) denotes leaders or respected figures within the Jewish community. This action demonstrates the centurion's humility and wisdom in seeking intercession from those who had a closer relationship with Jesus, acknowledging his own position as a Gentile outsider.

to ask Him to come
The phrase "to ask" (ἐρωτᾶν, erōtan) conveys a sense of earnest request or plea, rather than a command, highlighting the centurion's humility and recognition of Jesus' authority. The centurion's desire for Jesus "to come" underscores his faith in the physical presence of Jesus as a conduit for divine healing, reflecting the belief in the incarnational aspect of Jesus' ministry.

and heal his servant
The word "heal" (διασώσῃ, diasōsē) in Greek carries the connotation of saving or delivering, indicating not just physical restoration but a holistic salvation. The centurion's concern for his "servant" (δοῦλος, doulos) reveals his compassion and sense of responsibility, which is notable given the typical Roman view of servants as mere property. This compassion mirrors the heart of Jesus' ministry, which often reached out to the marginalized and oppressed, offering a profound lesson in the value of every human life.

(3) He sent unto him the elders of the Jews.--The noun has no article. Better, He sent unto Him elders; not as the English suggests, the whole body of elders belonging to the synagogue or town. This is peculiar to St. Luke, and is obviously important as bearing on the position and character of the centurion. He was, like Cornelius, at least half a proselyte.

Verse 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 ver. 7) made up his mind that this Jesus was no mortal man. He sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant; better rendered elders without the article; that is, some of the official elders connected with his own synagogue. These would be able, with more grace than himself, to plead his cause with the Master, telling him how well the centurion had deserved any assistance which a Jewish physician could afford him.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
When
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

[the centurion] heard
ἀκούσας (akousas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 191: To hear, listen, comprehend by hearing; pass: is heard, reported. A primary verb; to hear.

about
περὶ (peri)
Preposition
Strong's 4012: From the base of peran; properly, through, i.e. Around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time.

Jesus,
Ἰησοῦ (Iēsou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 2424: Of Hebrew origin; Jesus, the name of our Lord and two other Israelites.

he sent
ἀπέστειλεν (apesteilen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 649: From apo and stello; set apart, i.e. to send out literally or figuratively.

[some]
τῶν (tōn)
Article - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

Jewish
Ἰουδαίων (Ioudaiōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 2453: Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.

elders
πρεσβυτέρους (presbyterous)
Adjective - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4245: Comparative of presbus; older; as noun, a senior; specially, an Israelite Sanhedrist or Christian 'presbyter'.

to ask
ἐρωτῶν (erōtōn)
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2065: Apparently from ereo; to interrogate; by implication, to request.

Him
αὐτὸν (auton)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

to come
ἐλθὼν (elthōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2064: To come, go.

[and] heal
διασώσῃ (diasōsē)
Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1295: From dia and sozo; to save thoroughly, i.e. to cure, preserve, rescue, etc.

his
αὐτοῦ (autou)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

servant.
δοῦλον (doulon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1401: (a) (as adj.) enslaved, (b) (as noun) a (male) slave. From deo; a slave.


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