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Capernaum District
| Name | THE CENTURION OF CAPERNAUM |
| Aliases | THE ROMAN OFFICER / FRIEND OF THE JEWS / OF SUCH GREAT FAITH |
| Status | COMMENDED BY CHRIST / WHOSE SERVANT WAS HEALED AT A WORD |
| Birth | UNRECORDED | Marks & Identifiers | A GENTILE OFFICER WHO LOVED ISRAEL |
| Place of Birth | ROME | Hair | UNRECORDED |
| Tribe | NONE (A ROMAN) | Eyes | UNRECORDED |
| Parentage | OF THE ROMAN ARMY | People | THE ROMAN GARRISON AT CAPERNAUM |
| Occupation | CENTURION / OFFICER OVER A HUNDRED | Species | HUMAN |
| Affiliation | THE ROMAN GARRISON | Calling | THE GENTILE OF FAITH GREATER THAN ANY IN ISRAEL |
| Primary Mission | SEEK HEALING FOR HIS SERVANT | Known Signs | THE APPEAL FOR HIS SERVANT / THE HEALING AT A WORD |
| Covenant Role | A GENTILE COMMENDED FOR HIS FAITH | Divine Access | DIRECT / JESUS MARVELED AT HIM AND HEALED AT HIS WORD |
| Divine Encounter Level | DIRECT | Discipular Classification | THE BELIEVING CENTURION |
| Covenant Status | GREAT FAITH SHOWN | Known Miracles | THE SERVANT HEALED AT A DISTANCE |
| Divine Commission | CONFIRMED | Threat Assessment | THE ILLNESS OF HIS TREASURED SERVANT |
| Mission Status | BLESSED / HIS FAITH COMMENDED BY CHRIST | Archive Category | GOSPEL / FAITH |
Why he felt unworthy to host Jesus: LORD, I AM NOT WORTHY TO HAVE YOU COME
What he understood about Christ's authority: ONLY SAY THE WORD, AND MY SERVANT WILL BE HEALED
The subject was a Roman centurion stationed at Capernaum whose treasured servant was sick and near death. Though a Gentile, he loved the Jewish people and had built them a synagogue.
He sent elders of the Jews to Jesus, pleading that He come and heal the servant, and they urged that the man was worthy of this help.
As Jesus drew near the house, the subject sent friends to say he was not worthy to have the Lord come under his roof, and that Jesus need only say the word and his servant would be healed.
For he understood authority: as a man under command who himself commanded soldiers, saying go and he goes, come and he comes, so he trusted that Christ had only to speak and it would be done.
Jesus marveled and said to the crowd that He had not found such great faith even in Israel, foretelling that many would come from east and west to sit with Abraham in the kingdom. At that hour the servant was healed.
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- Great faith trusts the mere word of Christ, needing no other proof.
- True faith is often found among those the religious least expect.
- Humility that counts itself unworthy is precious in the eyes of the Lord.
