So when he[a] heard about Jesus, he sent Jewish elders to him, asking him that he would come and[b] cure his slave. And when they[c] came to Jesus, they began imploring[d] him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy that you grant this for him, because he loves our nation and he himself built the synagogue for us.”

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Footnotes

  1. Luke 7:3 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“heard”) which is understood as temporal
  2. Luke 7:3 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“come”) has been translated as a finite verb
  3. Luke 7:4 Here “when” is supplied as a component of the participle (“came”) which is understood as temporal
  4. Luke 7:4 The imperfect tense has been translated as ingressive here (“began imploring”)