luke-7:8-10,-matthew-8:5-8

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

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 Matt. 8:5 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 (Luke 7:3), and afterwards some other friends, Luke 7:6. But it is a rule that we are said to do that which we do by another?Quod facimus per alium, id ipsum facere judicamur. The centurion might be said to do that which he did by his... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:1-10

7:1-10 When Jesus had completed all his words in the hearing of the people, he went into Capernaum. The servant of a certain centurion was so ill that he was going to die, and he was very dear to him. When he heard about Jesus he sent some Jewish elders to him and asked him to come and save his servant's life. They came to Jesus and strenuously urged him to come. "He is," they said, "a man who deserves that you should do this for him, for he loves our nation and has himself built us our... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:8

For I also am a man set under authority ,.... Of the Roman senate; "or belonging to the emperor", as the Arabic version renders it; and under the command of a tribune, as a centurion was: so that this is not an amplification, but a diminution of his office; and his sense is, that even he who was but an inferior officer, yet had such power as after related: having under me soldiers ; an hundred, or more: and I say unto one, go, and he goeth, and to another, come, and he cometh, and to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:9

When Jesus heard these things ,.... Which the friends of the centurion related from him, and in his name; or which he himself delivered, coming up to Christ after them: he marvelled at him ; at his great humility and modesty, and the strength of his faith, and his manner of reasoning: and turned him about ; from him, and his friends: and said unto the people that followed him ; from the mount to Capernaum, and as he was passing along the streets: I say unto you, I have not... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:10

And they that were sent ,.... Both the elders of the Jews, and the friends of the centurion: returning to the house ; of the centurion, where his servant lay, and from whence they came: found the servant whole that had been sick ; for he was healed directly, as soon as the centurion had expressed his faith, and Christ had declared that it should be according to it, Matthew 8:13 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:10

Found the servant whole - This cure was the effect of the faith, prayer, and humility of the centurion, through which the almighty energy of Jesus Christ was conveyed to the sick man. But these very graces in the centurion were the products of grace. It is God himself who, by the gifts of his mercy, disposes the soul to receive its cure; and nothing can contribute to the reception of his grace but what is the fruit of grace itself. The apostle says, The grace of God that bringeth salvation... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The servant ( or slave ) of the centurion of Capernaum is healed. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The centurion. He is a Roman, whose inclinations were naturally' opposed to all that seemed Jewish. He is a heathen by birth, whose early education was wholly removed from the worship of the Father. He is a soldier with a charge in the garrison of Capernaum, tempted, therefore, to indulgence in a domineering spirit, and to the following of that voice which whispers, "Take thy fill ere death; indulge thee and rejoice." What is the portrait presented? A man deeply in earnest about religious... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

Faith in its fulness. The greatness of the centurion's faith is attested by our Lord himself; he declared that it was superior to anything he had "found in Israel." We see evidence of its fulness in that— I. IT TRIUMPHED OVER NATIONAL PREJUDICE . Here is a Roman exercising the most perfect confidence in a Jew—putting one in whom he was closely and deeply interested into the hands of an Israelite. We must remember all the pride of the Romans as such, and all their hatred as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-17

The Saviour of sick and dead. On returning to Capernaum after the sermon on the mount, the Saviour is confronted with a deputation from a centurion about his sick servant. To the miracle of healing in Luke 7:2-10 we turn first; and then we shall consider the miracle of resurrection ( Luke 7:11-17 ), by which it is followed. I. THE SAVIOUR OF THE SICK . (Verses1-10.) 1 . Let us observe the self-abasement of the centurion. And in this connection we must notice the... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - Luke 7:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Luke 7:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Luke 7:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Luke 7:1-17

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