5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
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Now when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. …
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, …
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 5-13)We have here an account of Christ’s curing the centurion’s servant of a palsy. This was done at Capernaum, where Christ now dwelt, Matt. 4:13. Christ went about doing good, and came home to do good too; every place he came to was the better for him. The persons Christ had now to do with were, 1. A centurion ; he was a supplicant, a Gentile, a Roman, an officer of the army; probably commander-in-ch…
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