THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MATTHEW - Chapter 8 - Verse 9
Verse 9. I am a man, etc. He had full confidence in the ability
of Jesus to heal his servant, and requested him simply to give the
command. This request he presented in a manner appropriate to a soldier.
I am a man, says he, under authority. That is, I am subject to the
commands of others, and know how to obey. I have also under me
soldiers who are accustomed to obedience. I say to one, go, and he
goes; and to another, come, and he comes. I am prepared,
therefore, to believe that your commands will be obeyed. As these obey
me, so do diseases, storms, and seas obey you. If men obey me, who
am an inferior officer, subject to another, how much more shall
diseases obey you—the original Source of power— having control over
all things! He asked, therefore, simply that Christ would give
commandment, and he felt assured he would be obeyed.
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