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Contemporary English Version

Luke 7:2

In that town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked this servant very much.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Armies;   Capernaum;   Centurion;   Heathen;   Jesus, the Christ;   Kindness;   Love;   Master;   Miracles;   Religion;   Servant;   Scofield Reference Index - Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Business Life;   Capital and Labour;   Employers (Masters);   Masters (Employers);   Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Masters;   Prayer, Intercessory;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Luke, gospel of;   War;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Palsy;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Capernaum;   Centurion;   John, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Boy ;   Capernaum;   Centurion ;   Consciousness;   Considerateness;   Cosmopolitanism;   Cures;   Grecians, Greeks;   Individuality;   Joanna ;   Logia;   Nation (2);   Nobleman;   Paralysis;   Police;   Proselyte (2);   Rome, Romans;   Slave, Slavery (2);   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Miracles;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Dear;   Sick;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A centurion’s servant, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.
King James Version (1611)
And a certaine Centurions seruant, who was deare vnto him, was sicke and ready to die.
King James Version
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
English Standard Version
Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him.
New American Standard Bible
Now a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
New Century Version
There was an army officer who had a servant who was very important to him. The servant was so sick he was nearly dead.
Amplified Bible
Now a [Roman] centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and on the verge of death.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
Legacy Standard Bible
And a centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
Berean Standard Bible
There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.
Complete Jewish Bible
A Roman army officer there had a servant he regarded highly, who was sick to the point of death.
Darby Translation
And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;
Easy-to-Read Version
In Capernaum there was an army officer. He had a servant who was very sick; he was near death. The officer loved the servant very much.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And a certaine Ceturions seruant was sicke and readie to die, which was deare vnto him.
George Lamsa Translation
Now the servant of a centurion was seriously sick, one who was very dear to him; and he was near death.
Good News Translation
A Roman officer there had a servant who was very dear to him; the man was sick and about to die.
Lexham English Bible
Now a certain centurion's slave, who was esteemed by him, was sick and was about to die.
Literal Translation
And a certain slave of a centurion, one dear to him, having illness, was about to expire.
American Standard Version
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.
Bible in Basic English
And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.
Hebrew Names Version
A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
International Standard Version
There a centurion's servant, whom he valued highly, was sick and about to die.
Etheridge Translation
But the servant of a certain centurion, who was valued by him, was sick, and nigh unto dying.
Murdock Translation
And the servant of a centurion, who was dear to him, was very sick, and near to death.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And a certayne Centurions seruaunt, which was deare vnto hym, lay sicke, and was in peryll of death.
English Revised Version
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.
World English Bible
A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die.
Weymouth's New Testament
Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But a seruaunt of a centurien, that was precious to hym, was sijk, and drawynge to the deeth.
Update Bible Version
And a certain captain's slave, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
Webster's Bible Translation
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and ready to die.
New English Translation
A centurion there had a slave who was highly regarded, but who was sick and at the point of death.
New King James Version
And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and ready to die.
New Living Translation
At that time the highly valued slave of a Roman officer was sick and near death.
New Life Bible
A captain of the army had a servant whom he thought much of. This servant was very sick and was about to die.
New Revised Standard
A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, a certain centurion's servant, being sick, was on the point of dying, - who was, by him, highly prized.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the servant of a certain centurion who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die.
Revised Standard Version
Now a centurion had a slave who was dear to him, who was sick and at the point of death.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And a certayne Centurions seruaunte was sicke and redy to dye whom he made moche of.
Young's Literal Translation
and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and a captaynes seruaunt laye deed sicke, whom he loued.
Mace New Testament (1729)
where a certain centurion had a servant whom he greatly valued, lying sick and ready to die.
Simplified Cowboy Version
A marshal from Rome had a deputy who he thought a lot of. This deputy had come down with something and was real close to dying.

Contextual Overview

1 After Jesus had finished teaching the people, he went to Capernaum. 2 In that town an army officer's servant was sick and about to die. The officer liked this servant very much. 3 And when he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish leaders to ask him to come and heal the servant. 4 The leaders went to Jesus and begged him to do something. They said, "This man deserves your help! 5 He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place." 6 So Jesus went with them. When Jesus wasn't far from the house, the officer sent some friends to tell him, "Lord, don't go to any trouble for me! I am not good enough for you to come into my house. 7 And I am certainly not worthy to come to you. Just say the word, and my servant will get well. 8 I have officers who give orders to me, and I have soldiers who take orders from me. I can say to one of them, ‘Go!' and he goes. I can say to another, ‘Come!' and he comes. I can say to my servant, ‘Do this!' and he will do it." 9 When Jesus heard this, he was so surprised that he turned and said to the crowd following him, "In all of Israel I've never found anyone with this much faith!" 10 The officer's friends returned and found the servant well.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

centurion's: Luke 23:47, Matthew 27:54, Acts 10:1, Acts 22:26, Acts 23:17, Acts 27:1, Acts 27:3, Acts 27:43

who: Genesis 24:2-14, Genesis 24:27, Genesis 24:35-49, Genesis 35:8, Genesis 39:4-6, 2 Kings 5:2, 2 Kings 5:3, Job 31:5, Proverbs 29:21, Acts 10:7, Colossians 3:22-25, Colossians 4:1

was sick: Luke 8:42, John 4:46, John 4:47, John 11:2, John 11:3

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 14:3 - he shall tell Matthew 8:5 - a centurion Matthew 9:18 - My daughter Mark 3:10 - as many Mark 5:23 - besought Luke 10:15 - Capernaum 1 Thessalonians 2:8 - dear

Cross-References

Genesis 7:1
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.
Genesis 7:8
He obeyed God and took a male and a female of each kind of animal and bird into the boat with him.
Genesis 7:11
Noah was six hundred years old when the water under the earth started gushing out everywhere. The sky opened like windows, and rain poured down for forty days and nights. All this began on the seventeenth day of the second month of the year.
Genesis 7:15
Noah took a male and a female of every living creature with him,
Genesis 7:19
Finally, the mighty flood was so deep that even the highest mountain peaks were almost twenty-five feet below the surface of the water.
Genesis 7:21
Not a bird, animal, reptile, or human was left alive anywhere on earth.
Genesis 8:20
Noah built an altar where he could offer sacrifices to the Lord . Then he offered on the altar one of each kind of animal and bird that could be used for a sacrifice.
Leviticus 10:10
You must learn the difference between what is holy and what isn't holy and between the clean and the unclean.
Ezekiel 44:23
Priests must teach my people the difference between what is sacred and what is ordinary, and between what is clean and what is unclean.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And a certain centurion's servant,.... The same that Matthew makes mention of, Matthew 8:5,

Matthew 8:5- :.

Matthew 8:5- :.

who was dear unto him; to the centurion, being an honest, upright, faithful, and obliging servant; as Tabi was to Rabban Gamaliel, of whom his master said l,

"Tabi my servant, is not as other servants, כשר היה, "he is upright".''

was sick: of a palsy; see Matthew 8:6,

and ready to die; in all appearance his case was desperate, and there was no help for him by any human means, which makes the following cure, the more remarkable.

l T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 16. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Who was dear unto him - That is, he was valuable, trusty, and honored.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 7:2. A certain centurion's servant — See this miracle explained on Matthew 8:5-13.


 
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