Matthew 8:6
and saying: Lord, my servant lies in my house, palsied, fearfully afflicted.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.
In Context
5And when he entered Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
7And Jesus said to him: I will go and cure him.
Cross References
Matthew 4:24And his fame went abroad into all Syria. And they brought to him all that were sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, and those who were possessed with demons, and lunatics, and paralytics; and he cured them.
Mark 2:3And they came to him, bringing a paralytic, who was carried by four men.
Acts 9:33And he found there a certain man named Æneas, who was a paralytic, and had kept his bed for eight years.
Colossians 3:11in which new creation there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor uncircumcision, Barbarian, Scythian, bond nor free: but Christ is all and in all.
1 Timothy 6:2And those who have believing masters, let them not despise them, because they are brethren: but rather let them serve them, because they who partake of the benefit of their service, are believers and beloved brethren. These things enforce in your teaching and exhortation.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:6-14
Christ Heals the Centurion's Servant. 5 And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he… Read the whole commentary →