I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”įor I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goeth and to another, Come, and he cometh and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes and to my servant, ‘Do this! ’ and he does it.”įor I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. “For I, too, am a man under authority, with soldiers under me and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”įor I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me and I say to this man, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”įor I also am a man subject to authority, with soldiers subject to me and I say to one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”įor I too am a man under authority, having soldiers under my command. “For I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”

And I say to this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”įor I also am a man under authority, with soldiers under me and I say to this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes, and to my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.” And I say to this one, 'Go,' and he goes and to another, 'Come,' and he comes and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it.'įor I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth and to another, Come, and he cometh and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.įor I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”įor I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes and another to come, and he comes. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”įor I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And if I say to my slaves, ‘Do this,’ they do it.”įor I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I only need to say, ‘Go,’ and they go, or ‘Come,’ and they come. I know this because I am under the authority of my superior officers, and I have authority over my soldiers. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. “By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible” (NET).For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. It’s like what it says of faith in Hebrews 11:1, He asked Jesus, “But say the word, and let my servant be healed” (v7), showing he understood the creative power of that word. The faith of the centurion was in the power of Jesus’ word, a word founded on the authority given him by God. And just as he gave commands to his soldiers, he understood that Jesus could command the illness to leave his servant. He understood that Jesus’ power to heal was given him by God, just as the centurion’s authority came from the emperor. “I too am a man set under authority, with soldiers under me: and I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” (v8).īy this, he showed his understanding of who Jesus was. A Roman centurion said that to a Jewish rabbi! The Jewish emissaries said, “ He is worthy” (v4), but the centurion himself said, “ I am not worthy to have you come under my roof” (v6). The centurion was also a man of humility. He was very fond of his slave (v1-2), and the Jewish elders, who usually hated Romans, were the ones who went to Jesus to plead on his behalf (v3). His faith wasn’t just about passively believing in something it was mixed with character and understanding.

The Roman centurion’s faith was mixed with character and understanding.

Instead, it was a Gentile, a Roman centurion. You would think, based on their Jewish background, they would be the ones who had faith. The only other time the word “marveled” is used concerning Jesus is when he tried teaching in the synagogue of his hometown (Mark 6:1) when “ he marveled because of their unbelief” (v6).

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