Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. New Living Translation When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him, English Standard Version When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, Berean Standard Bible When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, Berean Literal Bible And He having entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, King James Bible And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, New King James Version Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, New American Standard Bible And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, begging Him, NASB 1995 And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, NASB 1977 And when He had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, entreating Him, Legacy Standard Bible And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, Amplified Bible As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him [for help], Christian Standard Bible When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him, Holman Christian Standard Bible When He entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him, “ American Standard Version And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, Contemporary English Version When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said, English Revised Version And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, GOD'S WORD® Translation When Jesus went to Capernaum, a Roman army officer came to beg him for help. Good News Translation When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help: International Standard Version When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a centurion came up to him and begged him repeatedly, Majority Standard Bible When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, NET Bible When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help: New Heart English Bible And when he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him, Webster's Bible Translation And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, Weymouth New Testament After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him. World English Bible When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him for help, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to Him a centurion calling on Him, Berean Literal Bible And He having entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him, Young's Literal Translation And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him, Smith's Literal Translation And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, a captain of a hundred came to him, and beseeching him, Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, Catholic Public Domain Version And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion approached, petitioning him, New American Bible When he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him and appealed to him, New Revised Standard Version When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleWhen Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, and appealed to him, Aramaic Bible in Plain English But when Yeshua entered Kapernahum, a certain Centurion approached him and he prayed to him. NT Translations Anderson New TestamentAnd when he entered Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, Godbey New Testament And He having come into Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, entreating Him, Haweis New Testament Then as Jesus was entering into Capernaum, there met him a centurion, intreating him, Mace New Testament When Jesus was entred into Capernaum, a centurion came and addressed himself to him, Weymouth New Testament After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him. Worrell New Testament And, when He entered into Capernaum, there came to Him a centurion, beseeching Him. Worsley New Testament And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto Him a centurion beseeching Him, and saying, Lord, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Faith of the Centurion4Then Jesus instructed him, “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the gift prescribed by Moses, as a testimony to them.” 5When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, 6“Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.”… Cross References Luke 7:1-10 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. / There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. / When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant. ... 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.” ... 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.” ... Acts 10:1-8 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. / One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!” ... Mark 7:24-30 Jesus left that place and went to the region of Tyre. Not wanting anyone to know He was there, He entered a house, but was unable to escape their notice. / 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. ... Luke 17:11-19 While Jesus was on His way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee. / As He entered one of the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance / and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” ... Matthew 9:18-26 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. / Suddenly a woman who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years came up behind Him and touched the fringe of His cloak. ... 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.” ... Matthew 4:23-25 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness among the people. / News about Him spread all over Syria, and people brought to Him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering acute pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and He healed them. / Large crowds followed Him, having come from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan. Matthew 11:2-6 Meanwhile John heard in prison about the works of Christ, and he sent his disciples / to ask Him, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?” / Jesus replied, “Go back and report to John what you hear and see: ... Luke 4:31-37 Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people. / They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority. / In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice, ... Matthew 12:15-21 Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that place. Large crowds followed Him, and He healed them all, / warning them not to make Him known. / This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: ... Isaiah 53:4 Surely He took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows; yet we considered Him stricken, struck down by God, and afflicted. Matthew 14:34-36 When they had crossed over, they landed at Gennesaret. / And when the men of that place recognized Jesus, they sent word to all the surrounding region. People brought all the sick to Him / and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed. Matthew 20:29-34 As they were leaving Jericho, a large crowd followed Him. / And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” / The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!” ... Treasury of Scripture And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, entered. Matthew 4:13 And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim: Matthew 9:1 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. Matthew 11:23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. a centurion. Matthew 15:39 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. Matthew 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God. Mark 15:39 And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God. Luke 7:2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. Jump to Previous Beseeching Capernaum Caper'na-Um Captain Centurion Entered Entreated Entry Forward Help Imploring Jesus RequestJump to Next Beseeching Capernaum Caper'na-Um Captain Centurion Entered Entreated Entry Forward Help Imploring Jesus RequestMatthew 8 1. Jesus cleanses the leper;5. heals the centurion's servant, 14. Peter's mother in law, 16. and many others; 18. shows the cost of following him; 23. stills the storm on the sea; 28. drives the demons out of two men possessed; 31. and tells them to go into the pigs. When Jesus had entered Capernaum Capernaum, a significant location in Jesus' ministry, was a bustling town on the northwest shore of the Sea of Galilee. The name "Capernaum" means "village of comfort," which is fitting as it became a center of Jesus' healing and teaching activities. Archaeological findings, such as the remains of a synagogue and a house believed to be Peter's, underscore its historical importance. Jesus' entry into Capernaum signifies His willingness to engage with diverse communities, reflecting His mission to bring comfort and salvation to all. a centurion came and pleaded with Him A centurion.--The presence of a centurion (a word originally meaning the commander of a hundred soldiers, out, like most words of the kind, afterwards used with a greater latitude of meaning) implied that of a garrison stationed at Capernaum to preserve order. So we find a centurion with his soldiers at Caesarea (Acts 10:1). At Jerusalem, it would appear, it was thought necessary to station a Chiliarch, or "chief captain" of a thousand soldiers (Acts 21:31); and the same word meets us as connected with the birthday feast of the Tetrarch Antipas (Mark 6:21). Here, as in the case of Cornelius, the faith and the life of Judaism (seen, we may well believe, to more advantage in the villages of Galilee than amid the factions of Jerusalem) had made a deep impression on the soldier's mind. He found a purity, reverence, simplicity, and nobleness of life which he had not found elsewhere; and so he "loved the nation" (Luke 7:5), and built anew the synagogue of the town. It is probable, as has been already said, that among the ruins of Tell-H-m, identified as Capernaum, we have the remains of the very fabric thus erected. And he, in like manner, had made a favourable impression upon the Jews of that city. They felt his love for them, were ready to go on his errand, to support his prayer with all earnestness, to attest his worth. To one whose work had been, like that of St. Luke, to preach the gospel to the Gentiles, all these incidents would be precious, as early tokens of that breaking-down of barriers, that brotherhood of mankind in Christ, of which the Apostle who was his companion was the great preacher. Verses 5-13. - The healing of the centurion's servant. (Vers. 5-10; parallel passage Luke 7:1-3, 6-10. Vers. 11, 12, equivalent to Luke 13:28, 29.) According to St. Luke, the centurion sent first elders of the Jews to plead for him, and afterwards friends, and expressly said by them that he did not think himself worthy to come to Jesus. Their return in ver. 10 seems to forbid the supposition that he eventually came. This detailed narrative seems more likely than St. Matthew's, which is not only compressed, but, if taken by itself, gives a wrong idea of what appears to have actually taken place. But quod tacit per alium facit per se, and as Trench points out, this is "an exchange of persons, of which all historical narrative and all the language of our common life is full. A comparison of Mark 10:35 with ch. 20:20 will furnish another example of the same." The fact is that St. Matthew (or, perhaps, the original framer of the source that he used, or those through whose hands it passed) seizes on the Gentilic origin of the centurion, without troubling himself to record his previous kind and generous attitude towards the Jews, and the interest that they now show on his behalf. This led to the omission of the second group of messengers also, and, of course, to the modification of the language where necessary, e.g. ver. 13. For the same reason, St. Matthew records vers. 11, 12 in this place. For the contrast between this and the superficially similar miracle recorded in John 4:46, sqq., cf. Trench on that miracle. Verse 5. - And when Jesus (Revised Version, he) was entered into Capernaum. (On Capernaum, see Matthew 4:13.) There came unto him; i.e. by messengers, as we learn from St. Luke (vide supra). A centurion, beseeching him. The centurion probably belonged to the soldiers of Antipas, in whose district Capernaum lay. They would naturally be organized after the Roman manner; of the forces of the Indian native states and our own. It should be observed, by the way, that even the imperial troops stationed in Palestine were drawn, not from distant lands, but from the non-Jewish inhabitants of the country, perhaps especially from Samaritans (vide Schurer, I. 2. p. 50).Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Whenδὲ (de) Conjunction Strong's 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc. [Jesus] 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. had entered Εἰσελθόντος (Eiselthontos) Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Genitive Masculine Singular Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter. Capernaum, Καφαρναοὺμ (Kapharnaoum) Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Strong's 2584: Capernaum, a town of Galilee. Of Hebrew origin; Capernaum, a place in Palestine. a centurion ἑκατόνταρχος (hekatontarchos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 1543: A centurion of the Roman army. Or hekatontarchos hek-at-on'-tar-khos; from hekaton and archo; the captain of one hundred men. came προσῆλθεν (prosēlthen) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 4334: From pros and erchomai; to approach, i.e. come near, visit, or worship, assent to. [and] pleaded παρακαλῶν (parakalōn) Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 3870: From para and kaleo; to call near, i.e. Invite, invoke. with 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. 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