Albert Barnes on Matthew 8:5
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Matthew8:5
Capernaum. Mt 4:13.
There came unto him a centurion. A centurion was a commander of a hundred men, in the Roman armies. Judea was a Roman province, and garrisons were kept there to preserve the people in subjection. This man was probably by birth a pagan. See Mt 8:10.
(v) "a centurion" Lk 7:2
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