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LUKE 7:4 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Luke 7:3Luke 7:5
“And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:”
When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, saying, this man deserves to have you do this — the earnest pleading of the Jewish elders on the centurion's behalf is the community's endorsement. He deserves (axios, worthy) to have you do this: the elders are vouching for his character, making the case for the centurion on the basis of his merit.

Church Fathers on Luke 7:4

When He had strengthened His disciples by more perfect teaching, He goes to Capernaum to work miracles there; as it is said, When he had ended all his sayings, he entered into Capernaum.

TITUS BOST ·

Here we must understand that He did not enter before He had ended these sayings, but it is not mentioned what space of time intervened between the termination of His discourse, and His entering into Capernaum. For in that interval the leper was cleansed whom Matthew introduced in his proper place.

Augustine · 4th century

But having finished His teaching, He rightly instructs them to follow the example of His precepts. For straightway the servant of a Gentile centurion is presented to the Lord to be healed. Now the Evangelist, when he said that the servant was about to die, did not err, because he would have died had he not been healed by Christ.

Ambrose · 4th century
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