Luke 7 begins with Jesus having just spent some time teaching the crowds, and now has returned to Capernaum, a fishing village on the northern end of the Sea of Galilee that served as a base of operation for much of his ministry (this is already the second time he has been there in Luke's gospel).
With Jesus' reputation growing, and his familiarity in Capernaum, perhaps it's not too surprising that there would be people who would come to him for help, but even Jesus was impressed by the surprising faith of certain Roman Centurion...
