A Roman who has no background knowledge of God has greater faith than the actual Jews who have long history of relationship with God. That is amazing!Īs mentioned in the beginning, the fact that this great faith is from a centurion, a non-Jew, a gentile, is significant. He is marveling at the centurion’s faith! Jesus may have already known, because he is fully God, but Jesus still values and acknowledges the centurion’s great faith. (It doesn’t help that many movies portray Jesus in this way.) But as we read the Bible, we learn that is far from true! Jesus has many emotions, and today we learn that Jesus can be amazed. I think a lot of times when we think of Jesus, we tend to think he is an emotionless stoic person that is not moved by anything. Evan asks how can Jesus be amazed when he knows everything? That is a very good question. The centurion’s great faith is amazing, but what is more amazing is the fact that Jesus was amazed. Jesus says he will go and heal him, but the centurion shows great faith in saying that he only needs Jesus’s word. He was very fond of his slave (v1-2), and the Jewish elders, who usually hated Romans, were the ones who went to Jesus to plead on his behalf (v3). His faith wasn’t just about passively believing in something it was mixed with character and understanding. In this passage, we see the centurion coming to Jesus for his sick servant. The Roman centurion’s faith was mixed with character and understanding. Yesterday, we read Jesus healing a paralytic, and other than him having great friends, nothing is really said about him.
A centurion is a Roman commander who oversees 100 men.
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