When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”
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When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”
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When Iesus herde this he merveyled at him and turned him about and sayd to the people that folowed him: I saye vnto you I have not founde so greate faith noo not in Israel.
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When Iesus heard these things, he marueiled at him, and turned him, and said to the people, that followed him, I say vnto you, I haue not found so great faith, no not in Israel.
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- Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered her, “Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- Matthew 8:10 When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
- Romans 3:1-3 Then what advantage does the Jew have? Or what is the profit of circumcision? Much in every way! Because first of all, they were entrusted with the revelations of God. For what if some were without faith? Will their lack of faith nullify the faithfulness of God?
- Matthew 9:33 When the demon was cast out, the mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
- Romans 9:4-5 who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises; of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at…
9 When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
Ver. 9. He marvelled] {See Trapp on "Mat 8:10"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain When Jesus heard these things,.... Which the friends of…
When Jesus heard these things,.... Which the friends of the centurion related from him, and in his name; or which he himself delivered, coming up to Christ after them:
he marvelled at him; at his great humility and modesty, and the strength of his faith, and his manner of reasoning:
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and turned him about; from him, and his friends:
and said unto the people that followed him; from the mount to Capernaum, and as he was passing along the streets:
I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel; or "among the Israelites", as the Syriac; or "among the children of Israel", as the Persic; or "in all Israel", as the Arabic version reads, as he did in this single Gentile; See Gill on Mat 8:10.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Our Lord does not speak of the patriarchs, but…
Our Lord does not speak of the patriarchs, but of the Israelites of his own time, with whose faith he compares and prefers that of the centurion, because they had the assistance of the law and of the prophets; but this man, without any such instruction, willingly believed. (Ven. Bede)
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 9. So great faith—Great because he had to ascend…
9. So great faith—Great because he had to ascend from paganism to attain it; great, because not purely physical, but spiritual, realizing his own unworthiness and the superiority of Jesus as a holy one; great, because it realized the divine mission of Jesus from Jehovah, and expressed a sense of profound submission to his absolute word. It was a faith enabling him to accept all that Jesus should teach, and obey all that he should command. Apostolic faith did not surpass it.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 9. he marvelled at him] The only other place…
9. he marvelled at him] The only other place where the astonishment of Jesus is recorded is astonishment at unbelief. Mar_6:6.
I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel] Rather, Not even in Israel found I so great faith. These words are preserved with similar exactness in St Matthew. “He had found,” says St Augustine, “in the oleaster what He had not found in the olive.” Nothing can be more clear than that neither Evangelist had seen the narrative of the other, and, since St Matthew is the less exact, we infer that both Evangelists in this instance drew from some cycle of oral or written apostolic teaching. The words added by St Matthew (Mat_8:11-12) are given by St Luke in another connexion (Luk_13:28 sq.).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (9) I have not found so great faith, no,…
(9) I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.—It is, perhaps, characteristic of both the Evangelists that St. Luke omits the warning words which St. Matthew records as to the “many that shall come from the east and the west,” and the exclusion of the children of the kingdom.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him.…
When Jesus heard these things, he marvelled at him. Augustine strikingly comments here on the expression eyaumase , he marvelled: "Who had inspired that faith but he who now admires it?" In marvelling at it he intimated that we ought to admire. He admires for our good, that we may imitate the centurion"s faith; such movements in Christ are not signs of perturbation of mind, but are exemplary and hortatory to us. (St. Augustine, quoted by Bishop Wordsworth, on Mat_8:10) I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. St. Augustine remarks here that "the Lord had found in the oleaster what he had not found in the olive."
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 he was amazed at him
he was amazed at him
"he was amazed at the centurion"
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I say to you
Jesus said this to emphasize the surprising thing that he was about to tell them.
not even in Israel have I found such faith.
The implication is that Jesus expected Jewish people to have this kind of faith, but they did not. He did not expect Gentiles to have this kind of faith, yet this man did. You may need to add this implied information. AT: "I have not found any Israelite who trusts me as much as this Gentile does!" (See: Assumed Knowledge and Implicit Information)
those who had been sent
It is understood that these were the people the centurion sent. This can be stated. AT: "the people whom the Roman officer had sent to Jesus" (See: Ellipsis)
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 7:9 I haven’t seen faith like this in all…
7:9 I haven’t seen faith like this in all Israel! While many in Israel were unresponsive to the good news of salvation, some Gentiles believed and found salvation.
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