And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.
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Gill's Exposition
And when he heard of Jesus,.... That he was come, as the Ethiopic version adds, into the city of Capernaum; or of his miracles, which he had done there, and elsewhere:
he sent unto him the elders of…
Adam Clarke
Elders of the Jews - These were either magistrates in the place, or the elders of the synagogue which the centurion had built, Luk 7:5. He sent these, probably, because he was afraid to come to Christ…
Some difference there is between this story of the cure of the centurion's servant as it is related here and as we had it in Mat 8:5, etc. There it was said that the centurion came to Christ; here it…
Cambridge Bible
when he heard of Jesus Rather, having heard about Jesus.
he sent unto him the elders Rather, elders (Zekanim), with no article. These -elders" were doubtless some of the ten functionaries, whom the…
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