“And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.”
And to the centurion Jesus said, Go; let it be done for you as you have believed. And the servant was healed at that very moment. The healing that validates the faith: let it be done as you have believed. The distance healing at the word of Jesus without physical contact is the fulfillment of the centurion's theology — the word alone is sufficient. John 4:46–54 records a similar healing at a distance, and Jesus tells the official your son will live; the official believed the word. The centurion's faith and the official's faith are both responses to the authority of Jesus' word that produce outcomes consistent with what was believed.
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