Luc 7:5

5 Et c'est lui qui nous a fait bâtir la synagogue.

Luc 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.

Luc 7:5 In-Context

3 Et le centenier ayant entendu parler de Jésus, envoya vers lui des anciens des Juifs, pour le prier de venir guérir son serviteur.

4 Ceux-ci étant donc venus vers Jésus, le prièrent instamment, disant: Il est digne que tu lui accordes cela; car il aime notre nation,

5 Et c'est lui qui nous a fait bâtir la synagogue.

6 Jésus donc s'en alla avec eux. Et comme déjà il n'était plus loin de la maison, le centenier envoya vers lui des amis, lui dire: Seigneur, ne t'incommode point, car je ne mérite pas que tu entres sous mon toit.

7 C'est pourquoi je ne me suis pas jugé digne moi-même d'aller vers toi; mais dis une parole, et mon serviteur sera guéri.