God & Savior

Luke 7:3

When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask Him to come and heal his servant.
Luke 7:3
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Original language (Greek)

ἀκούσας δὲ περὶ τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ἀπέστειλεν πρὸς αὐτὸν πρεσβυτέρους τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐρωτῶν αὐτὸν ὅπως ἐλθὼν διασώσῃ τὸν δοῦλον αὐτοῦ.

  1. ἀκούσαςakousas“Having heard”
    Verb, aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἀκούω · “to hear” · Strong's G0191
  2. δὲde“then”
    Conjunction · from δέ · “but/and” · Strong's G1161
  3. περὶperi“about”
    Preposition · from περί · “about” · Strong's G4012
  4. τοῦtou“<the>”
    Article, genitive, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  5. ἸησοῦIēsou“Jesus”
    Noun, genitive, singular, masculine · from Ἰησοῦς · “Jesus/Joshua” · Strong's G2424G
  6. ἀπέστειλενapesteilen“he sent”
    Verb, aorist, active, indicative, 3rd person singular · from ἀποστέλλω · “to send” · Strong's G0649
  7. πρὸςpros“to”
    Preposition · from πρός · “to/with” · Strong's G4314
  8. αὐτὸνauton“Him”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  9. πρεσβυτέρουςpresbuterous“elders”
    Noun, accusative, plural, masculine · from πρεσβύτερος · “elder” · Strong's G4245G
  10. τῶνtōn“of the”
    Article, genitive, plural, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  11. ἸουδαίωνIoudaiōn“Jews”
    Noun, genitive, plural, masculine · from Ἰουδαῖος · “Jewish” · Strong's G2453
  12. ἐρωτῶνerōtōn“begging”
    Verb, present, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἐρωτάω · “to ask” · Strong's G2065
  13. αὐτὸνauton“Him”
    Personal pronoun, accusative, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  14. ὅπωςhopōs“that”
    Conjunction · “that” · Strong's G3704
  15. ἐλθὼνelthōn“having come”
    Verb, 2nd aorist, active, participle, nominative, singular, masculine · from ἔρχομαι · “to come/go” · Strong's G2064
  16. διασώσῃdiasōsē“He may save”
    Verb, aorist, active, subjunctive, 3rd person singular · from διασῴζω · “to save” · Strong's G1295
  17. τὸνton“the”
    Article, accusative, singular, masculine · from ὁ · “the/this/who” · Strong's G3588
  18. δοῦλονdoulon“servant”
    Noun, accusative, singular, masculine · from δοῦλος · “slave” · Strong's G1401
  19. αὐτοῦ.autou“of him.”
    Personal pronoun, genitive, singular, masculine · from αὐτός · “he/she/it/self” · Strong's G0846
  • Greek words: STEP Bible (STEPBible.org), based on work at Tyndale House, Cambridge. CC BY 4.0. Source (version ed476a8)