Matthew 8:5

Amplified Bible

As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him [for help],

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,

King James Version (1611)
And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Centurion, beseeching him,

King James Version
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

English Standard Version
When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,

New American Standard Bible
And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, begging Him,

New Century Version
When Jesus entered the city of Capernaum, an army officer came to him, begging for help.

Geneva Bible (1587)
When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Centurion, beseeching him,

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, imploring Him,

Legacy Standard Bible
And when Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

Berean Standard Bible
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

Contemporary English Version
When Jesus was going into the town of Capernaum, an army officer came up to him and said,

Complete Jewish Bible
As Yeshua entered K'far-Nachum, a Roman army officer came up and pleaded for help.

Darby Translation
And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him,

Easy-to-Read Version
Jesus went to the city of Capernaum. When he entered the city, an army officer came to him and begged for help.

George Lamsa Translation
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, and appealed to him,

Good News Translation
When Jesus entered Capernaum, a Roman officer met him and begged for help:

Lexham English Bible
Now when he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him

Literal Translation
And Jesus, entering into Capernaum, a centurion came near to Him, begging Him,

American Standard Version
And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

Bible in Basic English
And when Jesus was come into Capernaum, a certain captain came to him with a request,

Hebrew Names Version
When he came into Kafar-Nachum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

International Standard Version
When Jesushe">[fn] returned to Capernaum, a centurion[fn] came up to him and begged him repeatedly,Luke 7:1;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
Then when Jeshu had entered into Kapharnachum, a certain centurion approached him, and besought of him,

Murdock Translation
And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, and besought him,

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto hym a Centurion, besechyng hym.

English Revised Version
And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

World English Bible
When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion,

Weymouth's New Testament
After His entry into Capernaum a Captain came to Him, and entreated Him.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he hadde entrid in to Cafarnaum, `the centurien neiyede to him, and preiede him,

Update Bible Version
And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a captain, imploring him,

Webster's Bible Translation
And when Jesus had entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

New English Translation
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him asking for help:

New King James Version
Luke 7:1-10">[xr] Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

New Living Translation
When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer came and pleaded with him,

New Life Bible
Jesus came to the city of Capernaum. A captain of the army came to Him. He asked for help,

New Revised Standard
When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he entered into Capernaum, there came near unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

Revised Standard Version
As he entered Caper'na-um, a centurion came forward to him, beseeching him

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
When Iesus was entred into Capernau ther came vnto him a certayne Centurion and besought hym

Young's Literal Translation
And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Captayne, & besought hym,

Mace New Testament (1729)
When Jesus was entred into Capernaum, a centurion came and addressed himself to him,

THE MESSAGE
As Jesus entered the village of Capernaum, a Roman captain came up in a panic and said, "Master, my servant is sick. He can't walk. He's in terrible pain."

Simplified Cowboy Version
When Jesus went back to Capernaum, a Roman brand inspector came to him and begged him,

Contextual Overview

⁵As Jesus went into Capernaum, a centurion came up to Him, begging Him [for help], ⁶and saying, "Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, with intense and terrible, tormenting pain." ⁷Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him." ⁸But the centurion replied to Him, "Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof, but only say the word, and my servant will be healed. ⁹"For I also am a man subject to authority [of a higher rank], with soldiers subject to me; and I say to one, 'Go!' and he goes, and to another, 'Come!' and he comes, and to my slave, 'Do this!' and he does it." ¹⁰When Jesus heard this, He was amazed and said to those who were following Him, "I tell you truthfully, I have not found such great faith [as this] with anyone in Israel. ¹¹"I say to you that many [Gentiles] will come from east and west, and will sit down [to feast at the table, and enjoy God's promises] with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven [because they accepted Me as Savior], ¹²while the sons and heirs of the kingdom [the descendants of Abraham who will not recognize Me as Messiah] will be thrown out into the outer darkness; in that place [which is farthest removed from the kingdom] there will be weeping [in sorrow and pain] and grinding of teeth [in distress and anger]." ¹³Then Jesus said to the centurion, "Go; it will be done for you as you have believed." And the servant was restored to health at that very hour.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

entered: Matthew 4:13, Matthew 9:1, Matthew 11:23, Mark 2:1, Luke 7:1

a centurion: This was a Roman military title; and therefore this officer may be concluded to have been a Gentile. - See fuller particulars under Mark 15:39. Matthew 27:54, Mark 15:39, Luke 7:2-10, Acts 10:1-33, Acts 22:25, Acts 23:17, Acts 23:23, Acts 27:13, Acts 27:31, Acts 27:43

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 8:41 - a stranger Matthew 10:42 - one Luke 3:14 - the soldiers Luke 7:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, on the seventeenth day of the second month, on that same day all the fountains of the great deep [subterranean waters] burst open, and the windows and floodgates of the heavens were opened.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum,.... Was returned from his journey through Galilee, to the place where he before dwelt, and is called his own city, Matthew 9:1

there came unto him a centurion, a Roman officer, שר מאה, "a commander of an hundred men", as the Hebrew Gospel by Munster reads it: though the number of men under a "centurion" was more, according to some accounts.

"A band (it is said g) made two centuries, each of which consisted of an hundred and twenty eight soldiers; for a doubled century made a band, whose governor was called an ordinary "centurion".''

Such an one was Cornelius, a centurion of a band, Acts 10:1. The other person that was healed was a Jew. The next instance of Christ's power and goodness is the servant of a Gentile; he came to do good both to Jews and Gentiles;

beseeching him, not in person, but by his messengers; see Luke 7:3 and the Jews h say, ששלוחו של אדם כמותו, "that a man's messenger is as himself".

g Alex. ab Alex. Genial. Dier. l. 6. c. 13. h T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 34. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Capernaum - See the notes at Matthew 4:13.

There came unto him a centurion - A centurion was the commander of 100 men in the Roman armies. Judea was a Roman province, and garrisons were kept there to preserve the people in subjection. This man was probably by birth a pagan. See Matthew 8:10.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 8:5. Capernaum — Matthew 4:13; Matthew 4:13.

A centurion — εκατονταρχος. A Roman military officer who had the command of one hundred men.