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Luke 7:2 KJV
Luke · chapter 7 · verse 2
And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.Luke 7:2 · King James Version
Luke 7:2 in context
1Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum.
2And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
3And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
4And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- centurion'shekatontarchēsan officer in the Roman armyG1543 →
- certaintisa certain, a certain one, some, some time, a whileG5100 →
- servantdoulosa slave, bondman, man of servile condition, a slave, metaph., one who gives himself up to…G1401 →
- readymellōto be about, to be on the point of doing or suffering something, to intend, have in mind…G3195 →
- dearentimosheld in honour, prized, preciousG1784 →
- sickkakōsmiserable, to be ill, improperly, wrongly, to speak ill of, revile, oneG2560 →
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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 Mat 8:5, etc. 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 (Luk 7:3), and afterwards some other friends, Luk 7:6.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-10