Luke 7:3

7:3 When the centurion ¹  heard ²  about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders ³  to him, asking him to come ⁴  and heal his slave.

Luke 7:6

7:6 So ⁵  Jesus went with them. When ⁶  he was not far from the house, the centurion ⁷  sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, ⁸  for I am not worthy ⁹  to have you come under my roof.

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the centurion) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn The participle ἀκούσας (akousas) has been taken temporally.

³ sn Why some Jewish elders are sent as emissaries is not entirely clear, but the centurion was probably respecting ethnic boundaries, which were important in ancient Greco-Roman and Jewish culture. The parallel account in Matt 8:5-13 does not mention the emissaries.

⁴ tn The participle ἐλθών (elqwn) has been translated as an infinitive in parallel with διασώσῃ (diaswsh) due to requirements of contemporary English style.

⁵ tn Here δέ (de) has been translated as “so” to indicate the resultative action.

⁶ tn The participle ἀπέχοντος (apeconto") has been taken temporally.

⁷ sn See the note on the word centurion in 7:2.

⁸ tn Or “do not be bothered.”

⁹ sn Note the humility in the centurion’s statement I am not worthy in light of what others think (as v. 4 notes). See Luke 5:8 for a similar example of humility.