Lucas 7:5

5 pues ama al pueblo judío y hasta construyó una sinagoga para nosotros».

Lucas 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

Luke 7:5

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, ^F15

``if a man builds an house, and afterwards devotes it to a synagogue, it is as a synagogue.''

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 Piske Harosh Megilia, c. 4. art. 1.

Lucas 7:5 In-Context

3 Cuando el oficial oyó hablar de Jesús, envió a unos respetados ancianos judíos a pedirle que fuera a sanar a su esclavo.

4 De todo corazón, le suplicaron a Jesús que ayudara al hombre. Le dijeron: «Si alguien merece tu ayuda, es él;

5 pues ama al pueblo judío y hasta construyó una sinagoga para nosotros».

6 Entonces Jesús fue con ellos; pero, justo antes de que llegaran a la casa, el oficial envió a unos amigos a decir: «Señor, no te molestes en venir a mi casa, porque no soy digno de tanto honor.

7 Ni siquiera soy digno de ir a tu encuentro. Tan solo pronuncia la palabra desde donde estás y mi siervo se sanará.