Luke 7:3

1 When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum.

2 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.

4 They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

5 for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
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.
WEB
When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.
ASV
And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.
DARBY
and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.
BLB
And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that, having come, He might save his servant.
ÅB
Da han nå hørte om Jesus, sendte han noen av jødenes eldste til ham og ba ham at han ville komme og helbrede hans tjener.
OTB
Centurionen, som hadde hørt om Jesus, sendte noen jødiske eldste til Ham, og ba Ham komme og helbrede tjeneren hans.
B1930
Da han nu hørte om Jesus, sendte han nogen av jødenes eldste til ham og bad ham at han vilde komme og helbrede hans tjener.

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