![]() ![]() “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). 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. And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, New King James Version Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum. 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. 22 Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference: 23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God 24 Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith. 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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