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MATTHEW 8:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
Matt 8:9Matt 8:11
“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.

Church Fathers on Matthew 8:10

As what the leper had affirmed concerning Christ’s power, 'If thou will, thou canst cleanse me,' was confirmed by the mouth of Christ, saying, 'I will, be thou clean;' so here He did not blame the centurion for bearing testimony to Christ’s authority, but even commended him. Nay more; it is something greater than commendation that the Evangelist signifies in the words, 'But Jesus hearing marvelled.'

Chrysostom · 4th century

Observe how great and what that is at which God the Only-begotten marvels. Gold, riches, principalities, are in His sight as the shadow or the flower that fadeth; in the sight of God none of these things is wonderful, as though it were great or precious, but faith only; this He wonders at, and pays honour to, this He esteems acceptable to Himself.

Pseudo-Origen · · Hom. in Div. 5

But who was He that had created this faith in him, but only He who now marvelled at it? But even had it come from any other, how should He marvel who know all things future? When the Lords marvels, it is only to teach us what we ought to wonder at; for all these emotions in Him are not signs of passion, but examples of a teacher.

Augustine · 4th century · super Gen. c. Man. i. 8
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