Luke 7

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 7 of 24

¹ And when He had completed all His words in the ears of the people, He went into Capernaum.

² And a certain slave of a centurion, one dear to him, badly having illness, was about to die.

³ And having heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to Him, asking Him that He might come to restore his slave.

Chapter Summary

1 Christ finds a greater faith in the centurion than in any of the Jews: 10 heals his servant being absent: 11 raises from death the widow’s son at Nain: 36 and shows, through Mary Magdalene, how he is a friend to believing sinners.

Key Greek Words

πίστις faith G4102

σπλαγχνίζομαι to have compassion G4697

προφήτης prophet G4396

ἁμαρτωλός sinner G268

ἀφίημι to forgive, remit G863

ἀγαπάω to love G25

People & Context

Jesus

Heals the centurion's slave from afar, raises the widow's son, answers John's question, and forgives the sinful woman

The Centurion

Roman officer whose great faith Jesus marvels at; asks only a word be spoken to heal his dear slave

John the Baptist

Sends disciples to ask if Jesus is the Coming One; Jesus calls him more than a prophet

Simon the Pharisee

Host who invited Jesus to dine and silently judged the sinful woman; receives the parable of the two debtors

The Widow of Nain

Grieving mother whose only son, being carried out dead, Jesus raises and restores to her

Pharisees and lawyers

Rejected God's counsel, refused John's baptism, and call Jesus a friend of tax collectors and sinners

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