“When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.”
When Jesus heard this, he marveled and said to those who followed him, Truly, I tell you, with no one in Israel have I found such faith. Jesus marvels — one of only two places in the Gospels where Jesus is said to marvel, the other being at the unbelief in Nazareth (Mark 6:6). The centurion's faith exceeds anything Jesus has encountered in Israel: the Gentile soldier has grasped the nature of Jesus' authority more accurately than those who have been living with the scriptures and the promises. This is the pattern Matthew has been building toward since the Magi: the Gentiles who seek find, while those who should be most prepared are sometimes most resistant.
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