Luke 7:5

for he loveth our people, and also a synagogue he hath built for us.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

In Context

4And they, when they came to Jeshu, besought of him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou do this for him;

6And Jeshu went with them. But when he was not greatly distant from the house, the centurion sent to him his friends, saying to him, My Lord, labour not, for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter beneath my roof.

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Cross References

Galatians 5:6For, in the Meshiha Jeshu, circumcision is not any thing, nor uncircumcision, but faith which is made perfect by love.

1 John 3:18My sons, let us not love one another in words and in tongue, but in works and in truth.

Matthew Henry on Luke 7:2-11

The Healing of the Centurion's Servant. 1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a… Read the whole commentary →

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