There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.
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… but it's often not really understood. Luke chapter seven, verse two. A Roman centurion had a servant who was sick at the point of death. When the centurion heard about Jesus, the Roman centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews asking to come and heal his servant. When these religious elders came to Jesus, They pleaded with Jesus earnestly saying, watch this. This Roman centurion is worthy to have you do this for him. For he loves our nation. He's the one who built us our synagogue. Let me make sure you understand what's happening. The Jewish religious leaders come up to Jesus and they're like, hey, Jesus, man, you really ought to heal this guy's servant. I mean, this is such a good guy. He's the nicest of all the Roman rulers. He is good to our people. He even built us a synagogue. They are making a case for Jesus to do a miracle based on this man's worthiness. And it's a pretty good case. …
We're going to be in Luke chapter 7. Everybody just remain standing just for the reading of the word. And then I'll have you seated here in just a moment. We're going to be in Luke chapter 7, verses 1 through 10. As I was preparing to preach today, we have been in this series, See King Jesus. And a pastor said that the series was done last week on Easter Sunday. And I just was like, hey, can I just do a bonus week? Can I just sneak in? Because it's been so powerful what God is doing. And so this is just a bonus week. This is just a bonus week of seeing King Jesus. We're going to be in Luke chapter 7, starting at verse 1. Here's what it says. It says, when Jesus had finished saying all of this to the people who were listening. Now, any nosy people is like, what was Jesus talking about? When Jesus said all of this, what was he saying? …
… in ancient times. And it says in Luke 7, verse 2, a centurion slave who was highly regarded by him was sick and about to die. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders asking him to come and save the life of his slave. When they came to Jesus, they earnestly implored Him, saying, He's worthy for you to grant this to Him. You need to heal this centurion slave. He's worthy, for He loves our nation, and it was He who built us our synagogue." He had been influenced by the Jewish relationship, the Old Testament perspective toward a slave. This is someone for whom He had great affection, and He wanted him well. And these Jewish people who had influenced Him so much that He was a donor to the synagogue in Capernaum, a Roman centurion. Verse 6, Jesus started on His way with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends, saying to Him, Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under My roof. …