Luke 7:5
New International Version
because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

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

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

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

Berean Literal Bible
for he loves our nation, and he built the synagogue for us."

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

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

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

NASB 1995
for he loves our nation and it was he who built us our synagogue.”

NASB 1977
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.”

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

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“For he loves our nation and also has built a synagogue for us.”

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

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He loves our people and built our synagogue at his own expense."

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

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

Literal Standard Version
for he loves our nation, and he built to us the synagogue.”

Majority Standard Bible
for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.”

New American Bible
for he loves our nation and he built the synagogue for us.”

NET Bible
because he loves our nation, and even built our synagogue."

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

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

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

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

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

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

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Faith of the Centurion
4They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this, 5for he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.…

Cross References
Luke 7:4
They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, "This man is worthy to have You grant this,

Luke 7:6
So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: "Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.


Treasury of Scripture

For he loves our nation, and he has built us a synagogue.

he loveth.

1 Kings 5:1
And Hiram king of Tyre sent his servants unto Solomon; for he had heard that they had anointed him king in the room of his father: for Hiram was ever a lover of David.

2 Chronicles 2:11,12
Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing, which he sent to Solomon, Because the LORD hath loved his people, he hath made thee king over them…

Galatians 5:6
For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

and.

1 Chronicles 29:3
Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house,

Ezra 7:27,28
Blessed be the LORD God of our fathers, which hath put such a thing as this in the king's heart, to beautify the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem: …

1 John 3:18,19
My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth…

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Luke 7
1. Jesus finds a greater faith in the centurion;
10. heals his servant, being absent;
11. raises from death the widow's son at Nain;
18. answers John's messengers with the declaration of his miracles;
24. testifies to the people what opinion he held of John;
31. compares this generation to the children in the marketplaces,
36. and allowing his feet to be washed and anointed by a woman who was a sinner,
44. he shows how he is a friend to sinners, to forgive them their sins, upon their repentance.














(5) He hath built us a synagogue.--Literally, the synagogue, a well-known and conspicuous building, probably the only one in Capernaum, and so identical with that of which the ruins have been lately discovered by the Palestine Exploration Society. (See Note on Matthew 4:13.)



Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
for
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

he loves
ἀγαπᾷ (agapa)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 25: To love, wish well to, take pleasure in, long for; denotes the love of reason, esteem. Perhaps from agan; to love.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

nation
ἔθνος (ethnos)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 1484: Probably from etho; a race, i.e. A tribe; specially, a foreign one.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

has built
ᾠκοδόμησεν (ōkodomēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 3618: From the same as oikodome; to be a house-builder, i.e. Construct or confirm.

our
ἡμῖν (hēmin)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 1st Person Plural
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

synagogue.”
συναγωγὴν (synagōgēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4864: From sunago; an assemblage of persons; specially, a Jewish 'synagogue'; by analogy, a Christian church.


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