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This centurion was well aware of the strong condemnation of the Jewish religious leaders that had put Jesus on the cross for making the claim to be the Son of God. His commander-in-chief, Pontius Pilate, had upheld the conviction for Jesus’ making that claim.
Hebrew/Greek. Your Content. Matthew 8:5-9. New International Version. The Faith of the Centurion. 5 When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help. 6 “Lord,” he said, “my servant lies at home paralyzed, suffering terribly.” 7 Jesus said to him, “Shall I come and heal him?”
Sep 13, 2024 · Yet he humbly asks Jesus for help, showing his belief in a greater authority than Rome. In response to the centurion's faith, Jesus heals the servant. The Jewish willingness to intercede for a Roman centurion indicates their great respect and admiration for him.
When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, “Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.”. And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.”.
May 31, 2024 · While he was there, Jesus learned that the servant of a centurion had fallen ill, so ill that he was near death. It came about like this: Hearing that Jesus was in the vicinity, this centurion asked some of the Jewish elders to go to Jesus to ask if he would come and heal the servant.
Sep 13, 2010 · He was a man of law, of order, of discipline, of duty, and from that standpoint of life he had watched the dying man until at last he said, "Truly this was a Son of God." To properly appreciate this statement we must understand the Roman thought rather than the Hebrew in the phrase "a Son of God."
Dec 2, 2016 · Mark 15:35–39. "When the centurion, who stood facing [Jesus], saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, 'Truly this man was the Son of God!' " (v. 39). Elijah, one of the most well known of all the Hebrew prophets, did not die a physical death.
