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Luke 7:4 — King James Version← Study notes

And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this:


Luke 7:4Greek Interlinear

Greek · Luke 7:416 words
GreekMeaning
οἱhoi
thearticleG3588
δὲde
AndwordG1161
παραγενόμενοιparagenomenoi
having comeverbG3854
πρὸςpros
toprepositionG4314
τὸνton
thearticleG3588
ἸησοῦνIēsoun
JesusnounG2424
παρεκάλουνparekaloun
they were beggingverbG3870
αὐτὸνauton
HimpronounG846
σπουδαίωςspoudaiōs
earnestlyadverbG4709
λέγοντεςlegontes
sayingverbG3004
ὅτιhoti
thatwordG3754
ἌξιόςAxios
WorthyadjectiveG514
ἐστινestin
he isverbG1510
to whomrelative pronounG3739
παρέξῃparexē
bring, do, giveverbG3930
τοῦτοtouto
thisdemonstrativeG3778
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

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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