SEV Biblia, Chapter 8:5
¶ Y entrando Jess en Capernaum, vino a l un centurin, rogndole,
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Matthew 8:5
Verse 5. Capernaum] See "chap. iv. 13". A centurion] ekatontarcov. A Roman military officer who had the command of one hundred men.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 5. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum , etc.] Was returned from his journey through Galilee, to the place where he before dwelt, and is called his own city, ( Matthew 9:1) there came unto him a centurion , a Roman officer, ham r , 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. A band (it is said f493 ) made two centuries, each of which consisted of an hundred and twenty eight soldiers; for a doubled century made a band, whose governor was called an ordinary centurion.
Such an one was Cornelius, a centurion of a band, ( Acts 10:1). The other person that was healed was a Jew. The next instance of Christs power and goodness is the servant of a Gentile; he came to do good both to Jews and Gentiles; beseeching him , not in person, but by his messengers; (see Luke 7:3) and the Jews say, wtwmk da l wjwl , that a mans messenger is as himself.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 5-13 - This centurion was a heathen, a Roman soldier. Though he was a soldier yet he was a godly man. No man's calling or place will be an excuse for unbelief and sin. See how he states his servant's case. We shoul concern ourselves for the souls of our children and servants, who ar spiritually sick, who feel not spiritual evils, who know not that whic is spiritually good; and we should bring them to Christ by faith an prayers. Observe his self-abasement. Humble souls are made more humbl by Christ's gracious dealings with them. Observe his great faith. The more diffident we are of ourselves, the stronger will be our confidenc in Christ. Herein the centurion owns him to have Divine power, and full command of all the creatures and powers of nature, as a maste over his servants. Such servants we all should be to God; we must go and come, according to the directions of his word and the disposals of his providence. But when the Son of man comes he finds little faith therefore he finds little fruit. An outward profession may cause us to be called children of the kingdom; but if we rest in that, and have nothing else to show, we shall be cast out. The servant got a cure of his disease, and the master got the approval of his faith. What wa said to him, is said to all, Believe, and ye shall receive; onl believe. See the power of Christ, and the power of faith. The healin of our souls is at once the effect and evidence of our interest in the blood of Christ.
Greek Textus Receptus
εισελθοντι 1525 5631 V-2AAP-DSM δε 1161 CONJ τω 3588 T-DSM ιησου 2424 N-DSM εις 1519 PREP καπερναουμ 2584 N-PRI προσηλθεν 4334 5627 V-2AAI-3S αυτω 846 P-DSM εκατονταρχος 1543 N-NSM παρακαλων 3870 5723 V-PAP-NSM αυτον 846 P-ASM
Robertson's NT Word Studies
8:5 {Unto him} (autwi). Dative in spite of the genitive absolute eiselthontos autou as in verse #1, a not infrequent Greek idiom, especially in the _koin_.
