Luke 7:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

And when the officer heard about Jesus, he sent [some] Jewish elders to Him asking that He come and heal his slave.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And when the centurion heard of Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, requesting Him to come and make his bond servant well.

American Standard Version (1901)

And when he heard concerning Jesus, he sent unto him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and save his servant.

Common English Bible

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Jesus to ask him to come and heal his servant.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And when he had heard about Jesus, he sent elders of the Jews to him, petitioning him, so that he would come and heal his servant.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant.

Luke 7:3 Cross References

Matthew 8:5

And when He had arrived at Capernaum, a military officer approached Him, begging,

Luke 7:2

And a certain military officer’s slave [was there], whom the officer highly valued. This slave was [so] sick that he was about to die.

Luke 7:4

And when they came to Jesus, they begged Him earnestly, saying, “This officer deserves that you should do this for him [i.e., heal his slave],

Luke 8:41

And just then an official of the [Jewish] synagogue named Jairus came to Him and fell at His feet [i.e., worshiping. See Matt. 9:18] and begged Him to go to his house,

Luke 9:38

Just then a man from the crowd shouted out, “Teacher, I beg you, look at my son [i.e., favorably], for he is my only child.

John 4:47

When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went to Him and begged Him to come down [to Capernaum] and heal his son who was about to die.

Philemon 1:10

I appeal to you on behalf of my son, Onesimus, whom I [spiritually] conceived while [here] in prison.