Matthew 8:5

Overview - Matthew 8
1	Christ cleanses the leper;
5	heals the centurion's servant,
14	Peter's mother in law,
16	and many other diseased;
18	shows how he is to be followed;
23	stills the tempest on the sea;
28	drives the devils out of two men possessed;
31	and suffers them to go into the swine.

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Matthew 8:5 (King James Version)
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

entered: 4:13 9:1 11:23 Mark 2:1 ; Luke 7:1
a centurion: This was a Roman military title; and therefore this officer may be concluded to have been a Gentile. (See fuller particulars under Mark 15:39; 27:54 Mark 15:39 ; Luke 7:2-10 ; Acts 10:1-33 ; 22:25 Acts 23:17 Acts 23:23 Acts 27:13 Acts 27:31 Acts 27:43