Luke 7:8-10 New English Translation

⁸For I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me.^[a] I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes,^[b] and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”^[c] ⁹When Jesus heard this, he was amazed^[d] at him. He turned and said to the crowd that followed him, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith!”^[e] ¹⁰So^[f] when those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave^[g] well.

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Luke 7:8 tn Grk “having soldiers under me.”
Luke 7:8 sn I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes. The illustrations highlight the view of authority the soldier sees in the word of one who has authority. Since the centurion was a commander of a hundred soldiers, he understood what it was both to command others and to be obeyed.
Luke 7:8 tn The word “it” is not in the Greek text, but is implied. Direct objects were frequently omitted in Greek when clear from the context.
Luke 7:9 tn Or “pleased with him and amazed.” The expanded translation brings out both Jesus’ sense of wonder at the deep insight of the soldier and the pleasure he had that he could present the man as an example of faith.
Luke 7:9 sn There are two elements to the faith that Jesus commended: The man’s humility and his sense of Jesus’ authority which recognized that only Jesus’ word, not his physical presence, were required.
Luke 7:10 tn Here καί (kai) has been translated as “so” to indicate the summarization at the end of the account.
Luke 7:10 tc Most mss, especially later ones (A C [D] Θ Ψ ƒ¹³ 33 M), have “the sick slave” here instead of “the slave.” This brings out the contrast of the healing more clearly, but this reading looks secondary both internally (scribes tended toward clarification) and externally (the shorter reading is well supported by a variety of witnesses: P⁷⁵ א B L W ƒ¹ 579 700 892* 1241 2542 it co).

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