Matthew 8:5

Matthew 8:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
• New International Version (NIV)When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking for help.
• English Standard Version (ESV)When he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him,
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now when Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came to Him, pleading with Him,

Context of Matthew 8:5

3Jesus put out his hand towards him and he touched him. ‘I do want to help you. Be clean again,’ Jesus said. Immediately, the man's skin was clean again. 4Jesus said to the man, ‘Listen. You must not tell anyone about this. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest. Take a gift to him for God. Moses taught the people what gift to take to God after this kind of disease. This will show everyone that you are now well again.’ Jesus went into Capernaum. An officer in the Roman army came to meet him. He asked Jesus to help him. 6‘Sir,’ he said, ‘My servant is lying in bed at home. He cannot move his legs and he has a lot of pain.’ 7Jesus said to the officer, ‘I will go with you to your house and I will make your servant well again.’

Matthew 8:5 word by word

Εἰσελθόντος δὲ αὐτοῦ εἰς Καφαρναοὺμ προσῆλθεν αὐτῷ ἑκατόνταρχος παρακαλῶν αὐτὸνRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• whenεἰσέρχομαιeiserchomai · to enterG1525
• Jesusὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• JesusἸησοῦςIēsous · JesusG2424
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• CapernaumΚαπερναούμKapernaoum · CapernaumG2584
• there cameπροσέρχομαιproserchomai · to come near/agreeG4334
• unto himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• a centurionἑκατόνταρχοςhekatontarchēs hekatontarchos · centurionG1543
• beseechingπαρακαλέωparakaleō · to plead/comfortG3870

Cross-references for Matthew 8:5

• Matthew 4:13But he did not stay in Nazareth. He went to live in Capernaum, which is a town on the shore of Lake Galilee. It was in the part of Israel called Zebulun and Naphtali.
• Matthew 9:1Then Jesus got back into the boat. He sailed across to the other side of the lake again. He went to Capernaum, the town where he was living.
• Matthew 11:23And what will happen to you people in Capernaum? You think that God will lift you up to heaven, do you? No! He will throw you down to Hades, the place for dead people. I did powerful things in your town. If I had done these powerful things in Sodom, it would still be there today.
• Mark 2:1Several days after that, Jesus returned to Capernaum. People heard the news that he had come back to his home.
• Luke 7:1After Jesus had finished speaking to the people, he went to Capernaum.
• Matthew 15:39Then Jesus sent the crowd of people away. After that, he got into the boat and sailed to the part of the country near Magadan.
• Matthew 27:54The captain and his soldiers had been watching Jesus. They saw the ground shaking. They saw everything that had happened. They were very frightened and they said, ‘It must be true! This man really was the Son of God.’
• Mark 15:39The captain of the soldiers was standing there in front of Jesus. He saw how Jesus died. ‘It must be true!’ he said. ‘This man really was the Son of God.’
• Luke 7:2A Roman officer there had a servant that he liked very much. The servant was very ill and he was dying.
• Acts 10:1There was a man who lived in Caesarea and his name was Cornelius. He was an officer in the Roman army. His group of soldiers was called ‘The Group from Italy’.
• Acts 22:25So the soldiers tied Paul's arms and they were ready to hit him. But Paul spoke to the soldiers' officer who stood near to him. He said, ‘I am a citizen of Rome. So it is not right for you to hit me like that. No judge has agreed that I have done anything wrong.’
• Acts 23:17So Paul asked one of the soldiers' officers to come to him. He said, ‘Please take this young man to your leader. He has something important to tell him.’
• Acts 27:13The wind began to blow from the south, but it was not strong. So the sailors thought, ‘Now we can do what we wanted to do. We can sail to Phoenix.’ So they pulled up the ship's anchor and left the port. Then we sailed as near as we could to the coast of Crete.

Commentaries on Matthew 8:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5Capernaum - See Matthew 4:13. A centurion - . A Roman military officer who had the command of one hundred men.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Capernaum - See the notes at Matthew 4:13. There came unto him a centurion - A centurion was the commander of 100 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 Matthew 8:10.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-13Verses 5-13 This centurion was a heathen, a Roman soldier. Though he was a soldier, yet he was a godly man. No man's calling or place will be an excuse for unbelief and sin. See how he states his servant's case. We should concern ourselves for the souls of our children and servants, who are spiritually sick, who feel not spiritual evils, who know not that which is spiritually good; and we should bring them to Christ by faith and prayers. Observe his…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Capernaum is on the Sea of Galilee, four kilometers (about two and a half miles) west of where the Jordan River flows out. In the time of Jesus, it was a thriving fishing village. Located at an important crossroads on the Great Trunk Road, it connected Mesopotamia and Egypt. It was an international village. Much of the ministry Jesus did in Galilee happened there (for example, Matthew 4:13; 8:14–17). The centurion: He was one of sixty commanders in a…Read the comment

Topics related to Matthew 8:5

• Armies
• Centurion
• Faith
• Heathen
• Intercession
• Jesus, the Christ
• Miracles
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Capernaum
• Jesus
• Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ Jesus
• Centurion
• Gnashing
• Heal
• Hole
• Immediately
• Palsy
• Rebuke

Commentaries on Matthew 8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Catena Aurea
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• John Lightfoot Commentary
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings