“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.”
When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel — Jesus amazed at someone is extremely rare — the only other instance in the Synoptics is his amazement at Nazareth's unbelief (Mark 6:6). The Gentile centurion's faith amazes Jesus; the hometown crowd's unbelief amazes him. The commendation of Gentile faith as exceeding anything found in Israel is the continuation of the Elijah-Elisha illustrations in Nazareth.
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