Charles Ellicott Commentary Luke 7:6

"And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof:" — Luke 7:6 (ASV)

Then Jesus went with them.—Literally, And Jesus was going with them.

The centurion sent friends to him.—The precision of St. Luke’s account leads us to receive it as a more accurate record of what St. Matthew reports in outline. It is, we may add, more true to nature. The centurion was not likely to leave the slave who was so precious to him when he seemed to be in the very agonies of death.

Trouble not thyself.—The word is the same as in Mark 5:35; see the note there.