Luke 7:8 KJV
For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Difficult Passages
- Did the centurion come to Jesus himself, or send elders?He came by his messengers; what a man does by those he sends, he does himself.
Matthew Henry
- The centurion's servant healedServants should study to endear themselves to their masters. Masters ought to take particular care of their servants when they are sick. We may still, by...
Thompson Chains
- Servants' DutySee the chain from Ephesians 6:5 · 4 links
Harmony of the Gospels
- § 42 The healing of the Centurion's servantAlso Matthew 8:5–13
Parallel Passages
- 2 Timothy 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.
From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).
Cross References
- Acts 10:7–8 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually; …
- Acts 22:25–26 And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? …
- Acts 23:17 Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
- Acts 23:23 And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
- Acts 23:26 Claudius Lysias unto the most excellent governor Felix sendeth greeting.
- Acts 24:23 And he commanded a centurion to keep Paul, and to let him have liberty, and that he should forbid none of his acquaintance to minister or come unto him.
- Acts 25:26 Of whom I have no certain thing to write unto my lord. Wherefore I have brought him forth before you, and specially before thee, O king Agrippa, that, after examination had, I might have somewhat to write.
- Colossians 3:22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as menpleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God:
- 1 Timothy 6:1–2 Let as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour, that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed. …
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Topics
- Capernaum Miracles of Jesus performed at
- Centurion Of Capernaum, comes to Jesus in behalf of his servant
- Faith In Christ, exemplified
- Heathen The centurion at Capernaum
- Jesus, the Christ Heals the servant of the centurion (near Capernaum)
- Miracles Restores the centurion’s servant
- Prayer Centurion, for his servant
- Religion The Roman centurion
- Servant By the Roman centurion
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 27–31 · The Ministry of Jesus Christ
Strong’s Numbers
- For γάρ gár
- I ἐγώ egṓ
- also καί kaí
- am εἰμί eimí
- a man ἄνθρωπος ánthrōpos
- set τάσσω tássō
- under ὑπό hypó
- authority ἐξουσία exousía
- having ἔχω échō
- under ὑπό hypó
- me ἐμαυτοῦ emautoû
- soldiers στρατιώτης stratiṓtēs
- and καί kaí
- I say λέγω légō
- unto one τούτῳ toútōi
- Go πορεύομαι poreúomai
- and καί kaí
- he goeth πορεύομαι poreúomai
- and καί kaí
- to another ἄλλος állos
- Come ἔρχομαι érchomai
- and καί kaí
- he cometh ἔρχομαι érchomai
- and καί kaí
- to my μοῦ moû
- servant δοῦλος doûlos
- Do ποιέω poiéō
- this τοῦτο toûto
- and καί kaí
- he doeth ποιέω poiéō
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