Luke 7 1 712/3/2023 So they are mentioned several times in the scriptures, always in a kind and favorable light. As God began His work among the Gentiles, actually in the house of a Roman centurion. And so it was in the Roman centurion's house in Caesarea that the gospel was first preached to the Gentiles, and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon his house, and those that were with him. It was while he was in prayer that the Lord spoke to him, and commanded that he should send his servants to Joppa in order to get Peter to come down and teach them the way of the Lord more completely. We remember the Roman centurion Cornelius in Caesarea. They were always, it seems, outstanding men. They are mentioned several times in the scriptures, and always in a favorable light. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: For he loves our nation, and he has build us a synagogue ( Luke 7:1-5 ). And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. When he ended these sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. At this point in Luke's gospel he is going to give us series of events, miracles that transpired in the life of Jesus. Let's turn now in our Bibles to Luke's gospel, chapter 7. The last word that has come down to us across the long centuries since Jesus walked on the earth is that "the world itself could not contain the books that should be written" (John 21:25), if men had recorded all that Jesus did and taught! This monumental truth destroys the conceit which would explain similar teachings or miracles of Jesus as inaccurate, garbled accounts of but one event or sermon. Nothing is plainer in the sacred Gospels than the fact that the sum total recorded by all of them put together was merely the tip of the iceberg, compared to all that Jesus said and did. Ī great deal of Jesus’ teaching was done in Capernaum, which was his residence for a long while and the event of our Lord’s finishing a discourse at some place near the city and then returning to the place where he stayed must have recurred often. Leo Boles, A Commentary on the Gospel according to Luke (Nashville: The Gospel Advocate Company, 1972), p. Shows that the discourse which had just been narrated was delivered at one time, and was not a mere collection of sayings or detached parts of different discourses.H. The first clause here, according to Boles, Jesus therefore stopped the funeral procession and gave her son back to her ( Luke 7:11-17).Īfter he had ended all his sayings in the ears of the people, he entered into Capernaum. With her husband and her only son dead, she was faced with hardship and poverty for the rest of her life. It seems that in this case he acted not because of any request, but solely because of the pity he felt for the woman. In another northern town, Nain, Jesus raised a widow’s son to life. He used the incident to warn the Jews that many of them would be left out of God’s kingdom, but Gentiles from countries far and near would, because of their faith, be included ( Matthew 8:10-13 Luke 7:9-10). Jesus saw that this Roman had more faith than the Jews. He believed that Jesus carried the authority of God, and he needed only to say the word and the servant would be healed ( Matthew 8:5-9 Luke 7:1-8). Being an army officer, he operated in a system of authority where he needed only to give a command and it was carried out. However, he did not expect Jesus to come to his house. Centurion’s servant widow’s son ( Matthew 8:5-13 Luke 7:1-17 )īack in Capernaum, a Roman centurion asked Jesus to heal one of his servants who was dying.
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