The Centurion's Servant (Discussion Questions)
Categories: Jesus (Healings)
Luke 7:1-10
- Who sent the soldiers to Jesus?
- What is a “centurion”? (a Roman officer in charge of 100 or so men)
- What did the men ask Jesus to do?
- Why did they talk about their master?
- When Jesus arrives, who comes out to greet him?
- Why did the centurion reject Jesus’ offer to see the sick soldier?
- What did he ask Jesus to do?
- Why doesn’t the centurion want Jesus to come to his house? [He is a Gentile and a Jew would be considered unclean if he entered his house – he is being kind and considerate]
- What was his reasoning for telling Jesus just to speak the word?
- What was Jesus’ response to the centurion’s message?
- What happened to the servant?
- What kind of faith was Jesus talking about?
- Do we have that kind of faith? Explain.
- What tries to keep us from having faith?
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