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Matthew 8:5

Matthew 8:5

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

entered: Matthew 4:13, Matthew 9:1, Matthew 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.) Matthew 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 7:2-10; Acts 10:1-33, Acts 22:25, Acts 23:17, Acts 23:23, Acts 27:13, Acts 27:31, Acts 27:43

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