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Text -- Luke 7:5 (NET)

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7:5 because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue.”
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Dictionary Themes and Topics: Synagogue | Servant | Religion | ROME | Prayer | Palsy | PROSELYTE | PALESTINE EXPLORATION, 2A | Miracles | Love | Liberality | Kindness | Jesus, The Christ | JESUS CHRIST, 4C1 | Heathen | Faith | Centurion | Capernaum | more
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Robertson: Luk 7:5 - -- For ( gar ). This clause gives the reason why the elders of the Jews consider him "worthy"(axios , drawing down the scale, axis , ago ). He was hard...

For ( gar ).

This clause gives the reason why the elders of the Jews consider him "worthy"(axios , drawing down the scale, axis , ago ). He was hardly a proselyte, but was a Roman who had shown his love for the Jews.

Robertson: Luk 7:5 - -- Himself ( autos ). All by himself and at his own expense.

Himself ( autos ).

All by himself and at his own expense.

Robertson: Luk 7:5 - -- Us ( hēmin ). Dative case, for us.

Us ( hēmin ).

Dative case, for us.

Robertson: Luk 7:5 - -- @@It is held by some archaeologists that the black basalt ruins in Tell Hum are the remains of the very synagogue (tēn sunagōgēn ). Literally, ...

@@It is held by some archaeologists that the black basalt ruins in Tell Hum are the remains of the very synagogue (tēn sunagōgēn ). Literally, the synagogue , the one which we have, the one for us.

Vincent: Luk 7:5 - -- He hath built ( αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν ) He is emphatic; himself, at his own expense.

He hath built ( αὐτὸς ᾠκοδόμησεν )

He is emphatic; himself, at his own expense.

Vincent: Luk 7:5 - -- A synagogue ( τὴν συναγωγὴν ) The article, " the synagogue," marks the particular synagogue which these elders represented. Henc...

A synagogue ( τὴν συναγωγὴν )

The article, " the synagogue," marks the particular synagogue which these elders represented. Hence Rev., rightly, " our synagogue." " He did not merely avoid profaning the synagogue" (Bengel).

JFB: Luk 7:5 - -- Having found that "salvation was of the Jews," he loved them for it.

Having found that "salvation was of the Jews," he loved them for it.

JFB: Luk 7:5 - -- His love took this practical and appropriate form.

His love took this practical and appropriate form.

Clarke: Luk 7:5 - -- He loveth our nation - He is a warm friend to the Jews; and has given a full proof of his affection to them in building them a synagogue. This he ha...

He loveth our nation - He is a warm friend to the Jews; and has given a full proof of his affection to them in building them a synagogue. This he had done at his own proper charges; having no doubt employed his own men in the work.

Calvin: Luk 7:5 - -- Luk 7:5.For he loveth our nation This was, no doubt, a commendation given him by the Jews on account of his piety: 501 for his love of a nation univ...

Luk 7:5.For he loveth our nation This was, no doubt, a commendation given him by the Jews on account of his piety: 501 for his love of a nation universally hated could proceed only from zeal for the Law, and from reverence for God. By building a synagogue, he showed plainly that he favored the doctrine of the Law. The Jews had therefore good grounds for saying that, as a devout worshipper of God, he had claims on Christ for receiving such a favor. They discover, at the same time, a marvellous stupidity in admitting, by their own acknowledgment, that a Gentile possesses that grace of God which they despise and reject. If they consider Christ to be the minister and dispenser of the gifts of God, why do they not receive the grace offered to them before bringing foreigners to enjoy it? But hypocrites never fail to manifest such carelessness and presumption, as not to hesitate to look upon God as under some sort of obligations to them, and to dispose of his grace at their pleasure, as if it were in their own power; and then, when they are satisfied with it, or rather because they do not deign to taste it, they treat it as useless, and leave it to others.

TSK: Luk 7:5 - -- he loveth : 1Ki 5:1; 2Ch 2:11, 2Ch 2:12; Gal 5:6; 1Jo 3:14, 1Jo 5:1-3 and : 1Ch 29:3-9; Ezr 7:27, Ezr 7:28; 1Jo 3:18, 1Jo 3:19

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Lightfoot: Luk 7:5 - -- For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.   [He hath built us a synagogue.] I. It was no unusual thing for one single m...

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.   

[He hath built us a synagogue.] I. It was no unusual thing for one single man to build a synagogue at his own charge: "If any man build a house, and afterward consecrated it to a synagogue, it is of the nature of a synagogue." Gloss: "Any one that builds a synagogue and gives it to his fellow citizens," etc.  

And the doctors in that treatise dispute much upon this question, Whether it be lawful to sell a synagogue or to alienate it to any civil use: and amongst the rest, they suppose some one building a synagogue, but would at last reserve it to his own proper use.  

II. They had no scruple as to a Gentile's building it, since the holiness of the place consisted not so much in the building as in its being set apart and dedicated to holy use; of which we have some instances in Herod's building the Temple. Such a one had this centurion approved himself towards the Jewish nation, that concerning his liberality and devotion in being at the charges of building, they found no reason to move any scruple.

Gill: Luk 7:5 - -- For he loveth our nation,.... The Jewish nation, which was Christ's nation, as well as theirs, he being a Jew; see Joh 18:35. This they mention as an ...

For he loveth our nation,.... The Jewish nation, which was Christ's nation, as well as theirs, he being a Jew; see Joh 18:35. This they mention as an argument to induce him to have a regard to the centurion, though he was a Gentile; since he was a friend of the Jews, and well affected and disposed to them, which was very rare: it was not common for the Gentiles to love the Jews, any more than the Jews the Gentiles; there was an hatred, yea, an enmity between them; but this man, very likely, was a proselyte to their religion, as the following instance seems to show:

and he hath built us a synagogue; at his own private charge, and by the assistance of his soldiers under him, whom he might employ in this work: sometimes a single person built a synagogue at his own expense, and gave it to the citizens; of which the Jews say, o.

"if a man builds an house, and afterwards devotes it to a synagogue, it is as a synagogue.''

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Luk 7:5 See the note on synagogues in 4:15.

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Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Luk 7:1-50 - --1 Christ finds a greater faith in the centurion, a Gentile than in any of the Jews;10 heals his servant, being absent;11 raises from death the widow's...

MHCC: Luk 7:1-10 - --Servants should study to endear themselves to their masters. Masters ought to take particular care of their servants when they are sick. We may still,...

Matthew Henry: Luk 7:1-10 - -- Some difference there is between this story of the cure of the centurion's servant as it is related here and as we had it in Mat 8:5, etc. There it ...

Barclay: Luk 7:1-10 - --The central character is a Roman centurion; and he was no ordinary man. (i) The mere fact that he was a centurion meant he was no ordinary man. A ce...

Constable: Luk 4:14--9:51 - --IV. Jesus' ministry in and around Galilee 4:14--9:50 Luke commenced Jesus' public ministry with His return to Ga...

Constable: Luk 7:1-50 - --D. Jesus' compassion for people ch. 7 This section of Luke's Gospel records Jesus revealing Himself furt...

Constable: Luk 7:1-10 - --1. The healing of a centurion's servant 7:1-10 (cf. Matt. 8:5-13) This incident shows Jesus extending grace to a Gentile. It would have helped Luke's ...

College: Luk 7:1-50 - --LUKE 7 G. JESUS THE PROPHET (7:1-50) 1. The Faith of the Centurion (7:1-10) 1 When Jesus had finished saying all this in the hearing of the people,...

McGarvey: Luk 7:1-10 - -- XLIII. HEALING THE CENTURION'S SERVANT. (At Capernaum.) aMATT. VIII. 1, 5-13; cLUKE VII. 1-10.    c1 After he had ended all his sayin...

Lapide: Luk 7:1-50 - --CHAPTER 7 Ver.1.— Now when he had ended (or fulfilled) all his sayings. Ver. 2.— Ready to die, nigh unto death. Syriac. Ver. 3.— He sent ...

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Commentary -- Other

Critics Ask: Luk 7:5 LUKE 7:2-10 —Is there a mistake in the accounts concerning Jesus and the centurion? (See comments on Matt. 8:5-13 .)   

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Introduction / Outline

Robertson: Luke (Book Introduction) THE GOSPEL OF LUKE By Way of Introduction There is not room here for a full discussion of all the interesting problems raised by Luke as the autho...

JFB: Luke (Book Introduction) THE writer of this Gospel is universally allowed to have been Lucas (an abbreviated form of Lucanus, as Silas of Silvanus), though he is not expressly...

JFB: Luke (Outline) ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE FORERUNNER. (Luke 1:5-25) ANNUNCIATION OF CHRIST. (Luk 1:26-38) VISIT OF MARY TO ELISABETH. (Luke 1:39-56) BIRTH AND CIRCUMCISION...

TSK: Luke (Book Introduction) Luke, to whom this Gospel has been uniformly attributed from the earliest ages of the Christian church, is generally allowed to have been " the belove...

TSK: Luke 7 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Luk 7:1, Christ finds a greater faith in the centurion, a Gentile than in any of the Jews; Luk 7:10, heals his servant, being absent; Luk...

Poole: Luke 7 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 7

MHCC: Luke (Book Introduction) This evangelist is generally supposed to have been a physician, and a companion of the apostle Paul. The style of his writings, and his acquaintance w...

MHCC: Luke 7 (Chapter Introduction) (Luk 7:1-10) The centurion's servant healed. (Luk 7:11-18) The widow's son raised. (v. 19-35) John the Baptist's inquiry concerning Jesus. (Luk 7:3...

Matthew Henry: Luke (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Gospel According to St. Luke We are now entering into the labours of another evangelist; his name ...

Matthew Henry: Luke 7 (Chapter Introduction) In this chapter we have, I. Christ confirming the doctrine he had preached in the former chapter, with two glorious miracles - the curing of one a...

Barclay: Luke (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO SAINT LUKE A Lovely Book And Its Author The gospel according to St. Luke has been called the loveliest book ...

Barclay: Luke 7 (Chapter Introduction) A Soldier's Faith (Luk_7:1-10) The Compassion Of Christ (Luk_7:11-17) The Final Proof (Luk_7:18-29) The Perversity Of Men (Luk_7:30-35) A Sinner'...

Constable: Luke (Book Introduction) Introduction Writer Several factors indicate that the writer of this Gospel was the sa...

Constable: Luke (Outline) Outline I. Introduction 1:1-4 II. The birth and childhood of Jesus 1:5-2:52 ...

Constable: Luke Luke Bibliography Alford, Henry. The Greek Testament. New ed. 4 vols. London: Rivingtons, 1880. ...

Haydock: Luke (Book Introduction) THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, ACCORDING TO ST. LUKE. INTRODUCTION St. Luke was a physician, a native of Antioch, the metropolis of Syria, a...

Gill: Luke (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO LUKE The writer of this Gospel, Luke, has been, by some, thought, as Origen a relates, to be the same with Lucius, mentioned in Ro...

College: Luke (Book Introduction) FOREWORD "Many have undertaken" to write commentaries on the Gospel of Luke, and a large number of these are very good. "It seemed good also to me" t...

College: Luke (Outline) OUTLINE There is general agreement among serious students of Luke's Gospel regarding its structure. I. Prologue Luke 1:1-4 II. Infancy Narrative...

Lapide: Luke (Book Introduction) S. LUKE'S GOSPEL Third Edition JOHN HODGES, AGAR STREET, CHARING CROSS, LONDON. 1892. INTRODUCTION. ——o—— THE Holy Gospel of Jesus Ch...

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