Matthew 8:5 BSB — MannaFest

Matthew 8:5

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

BSB

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ASV

And when he was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

KJV

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

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Commentary

5 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Matthew (420)

(Verse 5 onward) Then a centurion came to him, pleading with him and saying, 'Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.' And Jesus said to him, 'I will come and heal him.' The centurion answered and said, 'Lord, I am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only speak a word, and my servant will be healed.' We must not accuse the Lord of boasting, because he immediately promises to go and heal, seeing the faith, humility, and prudence of the centurion.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum,.... Was returned from his journey through Galilee, to the place where he before dwelt, and is called his own city, Mat 9:1 there came unto him a centurion, a Roman officer, שר מאה, "a commander of an hundred men", as the Hebrew Gospel by Munster reads it: though the number of men under a "centurion" was more, according to some accounts.

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

Probably he came a little way toward him, and then went back. He thought himself not worthy to come in person, and therefore spoke the words that follow by his messengers. As it is not unusual in all languages, so in the Hebrew it is peculiarly frequent, to ascribe to a person himself the thing which is done, and the words which are spoken by his order.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Capernaum - See the notes at Mat 4:13. There came unto him a centurion - A centurion was the commander of 100 men in the Roman armies. Judea was a Roman province, and garrisons were kept there to preserve the people in subjection. This man was probably by birth a pagan. See Mat 8:10.

J.C. Ryle

1816–1900

Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Matthew (1856)

The eighth chapter of St. Matthew’s Gospel is full of our Lord’s miracles: no less than five are specially recorded. There is beautiful fitness in this. It was fitting that the greatest sermon ever preached should be immediately followed by mighty proofs that the preacher was the Son of God. Those who heard the Sermon on the Mount would be obliged to confess that as “none spake such words as this man,” so also no one did such works.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Εἰσελθόντος	Eiselthontos	When was entering	G1525 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	He	G846 →
εἰς	eis	into	G1519 →
Καφαρναοὺμ	Kapharnaoum	Capernaum	G2584 →
προσῆλθεν	prosēlthen	came	G4334 →
αὐτῷ	autō	to Him	G846 →
ἑκατόνταρχος	hekatontarchos	a centurion	G1543 →
παρακαλῶν	parakalōn	imploring	G3870 →
αὐτὸν	auton	Him	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 27:54
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
leads to
- Matthew 27:36
  And sitting down, they kept watch over Him there.
- Mark 15:39
  When the centurion standing there in front of Jesus saw how He had breathed His last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
- Matthew 27:43
  He trusts in God. Let God deliver Him now if He wants Him. For He said, ‘I am the Son of God.’”
- Luke 23:47–49
  When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”
Through
Acts 27:31
But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:13–14
  But we should always thank God for you, brothers who are loved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning to be saved by the sanctification of the Spirit and by…
- Jeremiah 29:11–13
  For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
- Psalms 91:11–12
  For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all your ways.
Through
Acts 27:43
But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
leads to
- Acts 27:3
  The next day we landed at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul with consideration, allowing him to visit his friends and receive their care.

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Matthew

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Matthew