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Went (ἐπορεύετο)
The imperfect tense is explained by what follows. He was going, was on the way, when he was met by the second messenger from the centurion.
Friends
Possibly kinsmen, not elders now.
Trouble (σκύλλου)
Lit., worry. See on Mat 9:36; and Mar 5:35.
Worthy (ἱκανός)
Lit., sufficient. Compare Mat 3:11, “worthy to bear ;” and 2Co 3:5, “not that we are sufficient (ἱκανοί), but our sufficiency (ἱκανότης) is of God.” It is also used in the sense of much, many, long. See Luk 7:12; Luk 8:27, Luk 8:32; Luk 20:9; Act 9:23.