Luke 7:6 — Community Reflections

LUKE 7:6 — KING JAMES VERSION 0

“Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:”

So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof — the friends' message on the centurion's behalf is the expression of his genuine humility. I do not deserve (ouk eimi hikanos, I am not sufficient) to have you come under my roof: the centurion who the elders said was worthy (axios) now says he is unworthy — the two assessments are both true and from different perspectives.

Church Fathers on Luke 7:6

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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