Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Besought (parekaloun). Imperfect active, began and kept on beseeching. This is the same verb used by Matthew in Matthew 8:5 of the centurion himself.
Earnestly (spoudaiwv). From spoudh haste. So eagerly, earnestly, zealously, for time was short.
That thou shouldst do this for him (w parech touto). Second future middle singular of parexw. Old and common verb, furnish on thy part. w is relative in dative case almost with notion of contemplated result (Robertson, Grammar, p. 961).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Luke 7:4:
Luke 7:1
Acts 10:22
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