Lucas 7:5

5 aprecia tanto a nuestra nación, que nos ha construido una sinagoga.

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 Como oyó hablar de Jesús, el centurión mandó a unos dirigentes de los judíos a pedirle que fuera a sanar a su siervo.

4 Cuando llegaron ante Jesús, le rogaron con insistencia:—Este hombre merece que le concedas lo que te pide:

5 aprecia tanto a nuestra nación, que nos ha construido una sinagoga.

6 Así que Jesús fue con ellos. No estaba lejos de la casa cuando el centurión mandó unos amigos a decirle:—Señor, no te tomes tanta molestia, pues no merezco que entres bajo mi techo.

7 Por eso ni siquiera me atreví a presentarme ante ti. Pero con una sola palabra que digas, quedará sano mi siervo.