Luke 7:5

Amplified Bible

because he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense]."

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
because he loves our nation and has built us a synagogue.”

King James Version (1611)
For he loueth our nation, and hee hath built vs a Synagogue.

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

English Standard Version
for he loves our nation, and he is the one who built us our synagogue."

New American Standard Bible
for he loves our nation, and it was he who built us our synagogue."

New Century Version
He loves our people, and he built us a synagogue."

New American Standard Bible (1995)
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."

Legacy Standard Bible
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue."

Berean Standard Bible
for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue."

Contemporary English Version
He loves our nation and even built us a meeting place."

Complete Jewish Bible
for he loves our people — in fact, he built the synagogue for us!"

Darby Translation
for he loves our nation, and himself has built the synagogue for us.

Easy-to-Read Version
He loves our people and he built the synagogue for us."

Geneva Bible (1587)
For he loueth, said they, our nation, and he hath built vs a Synagogue.

George Lamsa Translation
For he loves our people, and has even built us a synagogue.

Good News Translation
He loves our people and he himself built a synagogue for us."

Lexham English Bible
because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us."

Literal Translation
For he loves our nation, and he built the synagogue for us.

American Standard Version
for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

Bible in Basic English
It is right for you to do this for him, because he is a friend to our nation, and himself has put up a Synagogue for us.

Hebrew Names Version
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."

International Standard Version
because he loves our people and built our synagogue for us."

Etheridge Translation
for he loveth our people, and also a synagogue [fn] he hath built for us.

Murdock Translation
for he loveth our nation, and hath also built us a house of assembly.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For he loueth our nation, and hath built vs a synagogue.

English Revised Version
for he loveth our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

World English Bible
for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us."

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For he loveth our nation, and hath himself built us a synagogue.

Weymouth's New Testament
for he loves our nation, and at his own expense he built our synagogue for us."

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for he loueth oure folk, and he bildide to vs a synagoge.

Update Bible Version
for he loves our nation, and himself built us our synagogue.

Webster's Bible Translation
For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue.

New English Translation
because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue."

New King James Version
"for he loves our nation, and has built us a synagogue."

New Living Translation
"for he loves the Jewish people and even built a synagogue for us."

New Life Bible
He loves our nation and has built our Jewish place of worship."

New Revised Standard
for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us."

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
for he loveth our nation, and, the synagogue, he, built for us.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For he loveth our nation: and he hath built us a synagogue.

Revised Standard Version
for he loves our nation, and he built us our synagogue."

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
For he loveth oure nacion and hath bilt vs a sinagoge

Young's Literal Translation
for he doth love our nation, and the synagogue he did build to us.'

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for he loueth oure people, & hath buylded vs ye synagoge.

Mace New Testament (1729)
and hath built us a synagogue at his own charge.

Simplified Cowboy Version
The marshal has done a lot for our country and he has helped build some of our churches."

Contextual Overview

¹After He had finished all that He had to say in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. ²Now a [Roman] centurion's slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and on the verge of death. ³When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to Him, asking Him to come and save the life of his slave. ⁴When they reached Jesus, they pleaded with Him earnestly [to come], saying, "He is worthy for You to do this for him, ⁵because he loves our nation and he built us our synagogue [at his own expense]."⁶And Jesus went with them. But when He was near the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying, "Lord, do not trouble Yourself further, for I am not worthy for You to come under my roof. ⁷"Therefore I did not even consider myself worthy to come to You. But just speak a word, and my slave will be healed. ⁸"For I also am a man subject to authority, with soldiers under me; and I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes, and to another, 'Come,' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this,' and he does it." ⁹Now when Jesus heard this, He was amazed at him, and turned and said to the crowd that was following Him, "I say to you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith [as this man's]." ¹⁰When the messengers who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

he loveth: 1 Kings 5:1, 2 Chronicles 2:11, 2 Chronicles 2:12, Galatians 5:6, 1 John 3:14, 1 John 5:1-3

and: 1 Chronicles 29:3-9, Ezra 7:27, Ezra 7:28, 1 John 3:18, 1 John 3:19

Reciprocal: Acts 10:2 - which Acts 10:22 - of good

Cross-References

Genesis 6:22
So Noah did this; according to all that God commanded him, that is what he did.

Exodus 39:32
Thus all the work of the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting was finished; and the Israelites did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses; that is what they did.

Exodus 40:16
Thus Moses did; in accordance with all that the LORD commanded him, so he did.

Psalms 119:6
Then I will not be ashamed When I look [with respect] to all Your commandments [as my guide].

Matthew 3:15
But Jesus replied to him, "Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted [it and baptized] Him.

Luke 8:21
But He answered, "My mother and My brothers are these who listen to the word of God and do it!"

John 2:5
His mother said to the servants, "Whatever He says to you, do it."

John 13:17
"If you know these things, you are blessed [happy and favored by God] if you put them into practice [and faithfully do them].

Philippians 2:8
After He was found in [terms of His] outward appearance as a man [for a divinely-appointed time], He humbled Himself [still further] by becoming obedient [to the Father] to the point of death, even death on a cross.

Hebrews 5:8
Although He was a Son [who had never been disobedient to the Father], He learned [active, special] obedience through what He suffered.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For he loveth our nation,.... The Jewish nation, which was Christ's nation, as well as theirs, he being a Jew; see John 18:35. This they mention as an argument to induce him to have a regard to the centurion, though he was a Gentile; since he was a friend of the Jews, and well affected and disposed to them, which was very rare: it was not common for the Gentiles to love the Jews, any more than the Jews the Gentiles; there was an hatred, yea, an enmity between them; but this man, very likely, was a proselyte to their religion, as the following instance seems to show:

and he hath built us a synagogue; at his own private charge, and by the assistance of his soldiers under him, whom he might employ in this work: sometimes a single person built a synagogue at his own expense, and gave it to the citizens; of which the Jews say, o

"if a man builds an house, and afterwards devotes it to a synagogue, it is as a synagogue.''

o Piske Harosh Megilia, c. 4. art. 1.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 7:5. He loveth our nation — He is a warm friend to the Jews; and has given a full proof of his affection to them in building them a synagogue. This he had done at his own proper charges; having no doubt employed his own men in the work.