He said, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham. The Lord has been kind and loyal to him by leading me to his own people.”
Luke 7:2 - Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version In Capernaum there was an army officer. He had a servant who was very sick; he was near death. The officer loved the servant very much. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now a centurion had a bond servant who was held in honor and highly valued by him, who was sick and at the point of death. American Standard Version (1901) And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick and at the point of death. Common English Bible A centurion had a servant who was very important to him, but the servant was ill and about to die. Catholic Public Domain Version Now the servant of a certain centurion was dying, due to an illness. And he was very dear to him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the servant of a certain centurion, who was dear to him, being sick, was ready to die. |
He said, “Praise be to the Lord, the God of my master Abraham. The Lord has been kind and loyal to him by leading me to his own people.”
Deborah, Rebekah’s nurse, died there. They buried her under the oak tree at Bethel. They named that place Allon Bacuth.
Give your servants everything they want, and they will learn to be wasteful.
The army officer 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!”
The army officer there saw what happened. He praised God, saying, “I know this man was a good man!”
Jesus finished saying all these things to the people. Then he went into Capernaum.
When he heard about Jesus, he sent some older Jewish leaders to him. He wanted the men to ask Jesus to come and save the life of his servant.
In the city of Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a Roman army officer in what was called the Italian Unit.
The angel who spoke to Cornelius left. Then Cornelius called two of his servants and a soldier. The soldier was a religious man, one of his close helpers.
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 is a Roman citizen!”
Then Paul called one of the army officers and said to him, “Take this young man to the commander. He has a message for him.”
It was decided that we would sail for Italy. An army officer named Julius, who served in the emperor’s special army, was put in charge of guarding Paul and some other prisoners on the trip.
The next day we came to the city of Sidon. Julius was very good to Paul and gave him freedom to go visit his friends there, who gave him whatever he needed.
But Julius the army officer wanted to let Paul live. So he did not allow the soldiers to kill the prisoners. He told the people who could swim to jump into the water and swim to land.
Servants, obey your masters in everything. Obey all the time, even when they can’t see you. Don’t just pretend to work hard so that they will treat you well. No, you must serve your masters honestly because you respect the Lord.