1When Jesus had finished saying all this to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. 2 There a centurion’s servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die. 3 The centurion heard of Jesus and sent some elders of the Jews to him, asking him to come and heal his servant. 4 When they came to Jesus, they pleaded earnestly with him, “This man deserves to have you do this, 5 because he loves our nation and has built our synagogue.” 6 So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the centurion sent friends to say to him: “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof. 7 That is why I did not even consider myself worthy to come to you. But say the word, and my servant will be healed. 8 For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and that one, ‘Come,’ and he comes. I say to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 9 When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.” 10 Then the men who had been sent returned to the house and found the servant well. (Luke 7:1-10)
Here we see a centurion’s servant who was dying, the centurion asked some Jewish elders to ask Jesus to heal him. The elders told Jesus that the centurion was a very loving person. The centurion was an officer in the Roman army, in charge of 100 men. He loved the Jews and built synagogue for them. Jesus wanted to come to his house to heal his servant, but he felt unworthy of Jesus’s presence, he also found it unworthy to see him, this shows his humility. He was a man of authority, and he believed in Jesus’s authority, believing that Jesus had the power to command everything and that his servant could be healed with a single word from Jesus. Jesus praised his faith, saying that such great faith could not be found in Israel. Jesus then healed his servant. Here we also see that the centurion loved his servant, valued him highly, and interceded for him. In the Bible, Jesus praised the great faith of two people, both are Gentiles: the centurion mentioned here, and the Canaanite woman, also a Gentile.
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