Luke 7:2
And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die.
KJV
Ἑκατοντάρχου δέ τινος δοῦλος κακῶς ἔχων ἤμελλεν τελευτᾶν, ὃς ἦν αὐτῷ ἔντιμος.
Greek NT
Centurionis autem cujusdam servus male habens, erat moriturus : qui illi erat pretiosus.
Vulgate
And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death.
ASV
And the servant of a certain centurion who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die.
Douay-Rheims
Open in reader with connections →
In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δοῦλος
doulos
noun · 124×
εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
κακῶς
kakos
adverb · 16×
μέλλω
mello
verb · 110×
τελευτάω
teleutao
verb · 11×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἑκατοντάρχης
ekatontarches
noun · 20×
ἔντιμος
entimos
adjective · 5×
ἔχω
echo
verb · 707×
ὅς
os
relative_pronoun · 1404×
Miracle
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
2. But say in a word only, and my servant shall be healed. See this man also, how, like the leper, he has the right opinion touching Him. For neither did this one say, entreat, nor did he say, pray, and beseech, but command only. And then from fear lest out of modesty He refuse, he says, For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this man, go, a…
Cross-references
- 2Kgs 5:2 — And the Syrians had gone out by companies, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel a little maid; and she waited on Naaman’s wife.
- Gen 24:27 — And he said, Blessed be the LORD God of my master Abraham, who hath not left destitute my master of his mercy and his truth: I being in the way, the LORD led me to the house of my master’s brethren.
- John 4:46 — So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum.