![]() ![]() ![]() Luke doesn’t just list all the ways we are blessed, he also spells out a list of woes that people will experience if they do not repent and believe the gospel. Similar to the Sermon On The Mount that we find in Matthew’s gospel, it includes a version of the Beatitudes. Jesus has just finished preaching his Sermon On The Plain. When Jesus heard this he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd that followed him, he said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such faith.” When those who had been sent returned to the house, they found the slave in good health. For I also am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” But only speak the word, and let my servant be healed. When they came to Jesus, they appealed to him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy of having you do this for him, for he loves our people, and it is he who built our synagogue for us.”Īnd Jesus went with them, but when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to say to him, “Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy to have you come under my roof therefore I did not presume to come to you. A centurion there had a slave whom he valued highly, and who was ill and close to death. When he heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to him, asking him to come and heal his slave. A Roman centurion is about the last person you might expect to come to Jesus, asking for help, and yet, that’s exactly what happens.Īfter Jesus had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. He’s a mid-level military leader who knows his own place in the chain of command. Sometimes it’s the Jewish leaders who question Jesus about his authority to do these things.īut in today’s story, Luke tells us about someone else who holds authority, and this person is an outsider, a Roman centurion. ![]() Usually, Luke is referring to Jesus and the way he teaches with authority, or heals with authority, amazing the people who gather around him. Luke mentions authority more than any of the other gospel writers. ![]()
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