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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Luke 7:3

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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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.
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