Matthew 8:5

centurion

A Roman commander of 100 men.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Capernaum - See the notes at Matthew 4:13 . There came unto him a centurion - A centurion was the commander of 100 men in the Roman armies....
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(2) And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, (2) Christ by setting before them the example of the...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Centurion's Servant ( Luke 7:1-10 ; Luke 13:28 f.; cf. John 4:46 to John 5:3 ). Lk.'s version immediately follows his account of the ser...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Capernaum. See note on Matthew 4:13 , and App-169. there came, &c. This is in connection with the same centurion as in Luke 7:3 ; Luke 7:...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew 8:5 . And when Jesus had entered Those who think that Matthew and Luke give different narratives, are led into a mistake by a mere t...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, Capernaum - See Matthew 4:13 . A centurion - Εκατονταρχ...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum— St. Luke has related this part of the evangelical history more at large than St. Matthew.The whole may b...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, This incident belongs to a later stage. For the ex...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Leper Cleansed. The Centurion's Servant Healed. Healing of Peter's Wife's Mother and many others. Stilling of the Tempest. Healing of the Gadare...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A centurion ] A Roman legionary officer commanding a century (i.e. from 50 to 100 men, the hundredth part of a legion), and occupying the social pos...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Healing of the centurion's servant ( Luke 7:1 , not, however, John 4:47 , q. v.). The accounts in St. Matthew and St. Luke are partly drawn from i...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

In St. Luke the narrative follows immediately upon the Sermon on the Plain; in St. Matthew (the healing of the leper intervening), upon the Sermon on...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The King passed down from the mountain and from teaching in order that He might bring the Kingdom nearer to His people, and give them examples of its...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

There came unto him a centurion A captain of a hundred Roman soldiers, in Herod's pay; saying, My servant lieth sick of the palsy, grievously torm...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Now the King comes down among the people from the height from which He had given them wise instruction. For He is not only their teacher: He will exp...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Christ Heals the Centurion's Servant. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " Matthew 8:10 " .
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jesus Reveals Himself As The Coming One By His Acts of Power and Proclamation Of The Good News (8:1-9). In Matthew 11:4-5 Jesus sends to a doubt...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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Wells of Living Water Commentary

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

There came to him a centurion — A captain of a hundred Roman soldiers. Probably he came a little way toward him, and then went back. He thought him...

⁵ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,

Related Commentaries of Matthew 8:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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