Luke 7:3

“And when he heard of Jesus, etc.] 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 the Jews: in whom he had an interest, judging himself, being a Gentile, very unworthy and unfit to go himself, and ask a favour of so great a person as Christ was, such was his modesty and humility. These elders he sent, were not the more ancient inhabitants of the city, called Urah µ[ ynqz, “the elders of, or among the common people”, as distinguished from hrwt ynqz, “the elders of the law”, or those that were old in knowledge; of both which it is said by R. Simeon ben Achasia f276, that “the…”

“Hearing of Jesus - Of his miracles, and of his arrival at Capernaum. Luke 7:18”

“7:3 Jewish elders were leaders in the Jewish community. With his tendency to abbreviate accounts, Matthew has the centurion approaching Jesus (Matt 8:5-13). Luke tells the full story in which Jewish elders, and later the centurion’s friends, act as intermediaries.”

“Luk 8:41, Luk 9:38; Mat 8:5; Joh 4:47; Plm 1:10 Luke 7:4”