Luke 7:2

Easy To Read Version

In Capernaum there was an army officer. {\cf2\super [124]} The officer had a servant that was very sick; he was near death. The officer loved the servant very much.

Cross References

Genesis 24:27

The servant said, “Blessed is the Lord, the God of my master Abraham. The Lord has been kind and loyal to my master. The Lord has led me to the right girl for my master’s son.”

Genesis 35:8

Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died there. They buried her under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Allon Bacuth. [206]

Job 31:5

“I have not lied and tried to cheat people!\par

Proverbs 29:21

If you always give your servant everything he wants, then in the end he will not be a good servant.

Matthew 27:54

The army officer {\cf2\super [435]} and the soldiers guarding Jesus saw this earthquake and everything that happened. They were very afraid and said, “He really was the Son of God!”

Luke 23:47

The army officer {\cf2\super [383]} there saw what happened. He praised God, saying, “I know this man was a good man!”

Luke 7:1

Jesus finished saying all these things to the people. Then Jesus went into Capernaum. {\cf2\super [123]}

Luke 7:3

When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some older Jewish leaders to him. The officer wanted the men to ask Jesus to come and save the life of his servant.

Acts 10:1

In the city of Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius. He was an army officer {\cf2\super [201]} in the “Italian” group \{of the Roman army\}.

Acts 10:7

The angel who spoke to Cornelius left. Then Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier. This soldier was a good (religious) man. The soldier was one of Cornelius’ close helpers.

Acts 22:26

When the officer heard this, he went to the commander and told him about it. The officer said, “Do you know what you are doing? This man (Paul) is a Roman citizen!”

Acts 23:17

Then Paul called one of the army officers {\cf2\super [458]} and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander. He has a message for him.”

Acts 27:1

It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An army officer {\cf2\super [506]} named Julius guarded Paul and some other prisoners. Julius served in the emperor’s {\cf2\super [507]} special army.

Acts 27:3

The next day we came to the city of Sidon. Julius was very good to Paul. He gave Paul freedom to go visit his friends. These friends took care of Paul’s needs.

Acts 27:43

But the army officer {\cf2\super [518]} (Julius) wanted to let Paul live. So he did not allow the soldiers to kill the prisoners. Julius told the people that could swim to jump into the water and swim to land.