And when they[a] came to Jesus, they began imploring[b] him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy that you grant this for him, because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us.” So Jesus went with them. Now by this time he was not far away from the house, and[c] the centurion sent friends, saying to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof.

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 7:4 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began imploring”)
  3. Luke 7:6 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“away”) has been translated as a finite verb