Then Jesus said to the Roman officer, “Go back home. Because you believed, it has happened.” And the young servant was healed that same hour.
Parallel translations
- WEB Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.
- KJV And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.
- BSB Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.
- NKJV Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that same hour.
- NASB And Jesus said to the centurion, “Go; it shall be done for you as you have believed.” And the servant was healed at that very moment.
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Quick answer
Jesus heals the centurion's servant from a distance, exactly matching the man's faith. It shows Christ's authority over sickness and his honoring of genuine trust.
Overview
Responding to the centurion's remarkable confidence in his word alone, Jesus speaks and the servant is healed in that very hour. The healing confirms that Christ's power is not bound by distance and rewards faith. This Gentile's faith becomes a model and a foretaste of the worldwide salvation Jesus has just described.
Cross-references & the web
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- Matt 9:29–30Then he touched their eyes, saying, “According to your faith be it done to you.”
- John 4:50Jesus said to him, “Go your way. Your son lives.” The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
- Mark 9:23Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.”
- Matt 9:22But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, “Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well.” And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Matt 15:28Then 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.
- Matt 17:20He said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.
- John 4:52–53So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, “Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him.”
- Eccl 9:7Go your way — eat your bread with joy, and drink your wine with a merry heart; for God has already accepted your works.
- Matt 8:4Jesus said to him, “See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”
- Mark 7:29He said to her, “For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter.”
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