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Lukas 7:5

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5 Want hij heeft ons volk lief, en heeft zelf ons de synagoge gebouwd.

Lukas 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.''


FOOTNOTES:

F15 Piske Harosh Megilia, c. 4. art. 1.
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Lukas 7:5 In-Context

3 En van Jezus gehoord hebbende, zond hij tot Hem de ouderlingen der Joden, Hem biddende, dat Hij wilde komen, en zijn dienstknecht gezond maken.
4 Dezen nu, tot Jezus gekomen zijnde, baden Hem ernstelijk, zeggende: Hij is waardig, dat Gij hem dat doet;
5 Want hij heeft ons volk lief, en heeft zelf ons de synagoge gebouwd.
6 En Jezus ging met hen. En als Hij nu niet verre van het huis was, zond de hoofdman over honderd tot Hem enige vrienden, en zeide tot Hem: Heere, neem de moeite niet; want ik ben niet waardig, dat Gij onder mijn dak zoudt inkomen.
7 Daarom heb ik ook mijzelven niet waardig geacht, om tot U te komen; maar zeg het met een woord, en mijn knecht zal genezen worden.
The Dutch Staten Vertaling translation is in the public domain.

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