Luke - 7:2

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2 A certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

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Explanation and meaning of Luke 7:2.

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And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
And the servant of a certain centurion, who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die.
And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;
and a certain centurion's servant being ill, was about to die, who was much valued by him,
Here the servant of a certain Captain, a man dear to his master, was ill and at the point of death;
And a certain captain had a servant who was very dear to him; this servant was ill and near to death.
Now the servant of a certain centurion was dying, due to an illness. And he was very dear to him.
A captain in the Roman army had a slave whom he valued, and who was seriously ill – almost at the point of death.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

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

A certain centurion's servant - See this miracle explained on Matthew 8:5-13 (note).

And a certain centurion's servant,.... The same that Matthew makes mention of, Matthew 8:5; see Gill on Matthew 8:5. See Gill on Matthew 8:6.
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, , "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.

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