6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
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And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
Masters, give unto your servants that which is just and equal; knowing that ye also have a Master in heaven.
And there he found a certain man named Aeneas, which had kept his bed eight years, and was sick of the palsy.
Where there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all, and in all.
And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
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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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