³ When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some respected Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his slave.

The Faith of a Roman Officer

⁵ When Jesus returned to Capernaum, a Roman officer^[a] came and pleaded with him,

¹⁰ I appeal to you to show kindness to my child, Onesimus. I became his father in the faith while here in prison.

⁴⁷ When he heard that Jesus had come from Judea to Galilee, he went and begged Jesus to come to Capernaum to heal his son, who was about to die.

³⁸ A man in the crowd called out to him, “Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, my only child.

⁴¹ Then a man named Jairus, a leader of the local synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come home with him.