Miracles of Jesus: Healing a centurion's servant


During one of Jesus' visits to the town of Capernaum, a centurion, through intermediaries, asked Jesus to heal the centurion's servant who was ill and near death. Jesus agreed to go to centurion's house and heal the centurion's servant. But the centurion, through his friends, told Jesus that the centurion felt unworthy to have Jesus come into his home. Jesus praised the centurion for his faith and the servant was healed.

As explained in the Gospel of Luke:




- Luke 7:1-10, NIV translation.

A centurion was a Roman soldier who had authority over other soldiers. During the time of Jesus about 2,000 years ago, the Romans ruled over a vast empire that included the Biblical land of Israel.

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