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3 Then Jesus put out His hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing; be cleansed.” Immediately his leprosy awas cleansed.  
4 And Jesus said to him, a“See that you tell no one; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that bMoses ccommanded, as a testimony to them.”  

Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant

5 aNow when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a bcenturion came to Him, pleading with Him,  
6 saying, “Lord, my servant is lying at home paralyzed, dreadfully tormented.”
7 And Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”
8 The centurion answered and said, “Lord, aI am not worthy that You should come under my roof. But only bspeak a word, and my servant will be healed.  
9 For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me. 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.”
10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!
11 And I say to you that amany will come from east and west, and sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.  
12 But athe sons of the kingdom bwill be cast out into outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”  
13 Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.

Peter’s Mother-in-Law Healed

14 aNow when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, He saw bhis wife’s mother lying sick with a fever.  
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Matthew 8:5

Matthew 8:5 When Jesus was entered into Capernaum. See PNT "Mt 4:13". His return to the place he made his home after the Sermon on the Mount and healing the leper. Compare Luke 7:1-10. There came unto him a centurion. A Roman military officer, corresponding to our captain. All Palestine was under Roman military government at this time, with headquarters at Caesarea, and soldiers in every leading town. This centurion probably commanded the company stationed at Capernaum. He was, of course, a Gentile. We learn from Luke 7:3, he came to Jesus, not in person, but by Jewish elders, whom he supposed would have more influence with the Lord. These elders interceded more readily because he had built them a synagogue (Luke 7:5), either to secure favor, or because he was, like Cornelius, a devout man. In the ruins of Tel Hum, supposed to be Capernaum, are yet found the foundations of a synagogue, one known by certain characteristics to have been built in the Herodian period, and there can hardly be a doubt that it was the one built by the centurion, and in which Christ often preached. See "Edersheim's Jewish Social Life", page 255.




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