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Webster's Bible Translation

Luke 7:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Capernaum;   Centurion;   Faith;   Heathen;   Jesus, the Christ;   Kindness;   Liberality;   Love;   Miracles;   Prayer;   Religion;   Servant;   Synagogue;   Scofield Reference Index - Faith;   Resurrection;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Love to Man;   Synagogues;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Centurion;   Synagogue;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Luke, gospel of;   Synagogue;   War;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Synagogue;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Capernaum;   Palsy;   Proselyte;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Banquets;   Capernaum;   Jesus Christ;   Proselytes;   Synagogue;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jesus, Life and Ministry of;   Luke, Gospel of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Capernaum;   Centurion;   John, Gospel of;   Proselyte;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Almsgiving ;   Boy ;   Building ;   Centurion ;   Consciousness;   Cures;   Grecians, Greeks;   Individuality;   Joanna ;   Logia;   Nation;   Nation (2);   Nationality;   Paralysis;   Police;   Proselyte (2);   Sea of Galilee;   Synagogue;   Synagogue (2);   Winter ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Gentiles;   Miracles;   Synagogue;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Chief parables and miracles in the bible;   Synagogue;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Proselyte;   Synagogue;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Capernaum;   Palestine (Recent Exploration, I.e. as of 1915);   Rome;   Synagogue;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - New Testament;   Synagogue;  

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

1 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him, was sick, and ready to die. 3 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent to him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. 4 And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this: 5 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a synagogue. 6 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof; 7 Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee; but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. 8 For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth [it]. 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned himself about and said to the people that followed him, I say to you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 10 And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant well that had been sick.

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
Thus did Noah; according to all that God commanded him, so did he.
Exodus 39:32
Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.
Exodus 40:16
Thus did Moses; according to all that the LORD commanded him, so did he.
Psalms 119:6
Then shall I not be ashamed, when I have respect to all thy commandments.
Matthew 3:15
And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
Luke 8:21
And he answered and said to them, My mother and my brethren are these who hear the word of God, and do it.
John 2:5
His mother saith to the servants, Whatever he saith to you, do [it].
John 13:17
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Philippians 2:8
And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient to death, even the death of the cross.
Hebrews 5:8
Though he was a Son, yet he learned obedience by the things which 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.


 
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