Matthew 8:5
Douay-Rheims
And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,
John Chrysostom
Jesus here does what He never did; He always follows the wish of the supplicant, but here He goes before it, and not only promises to heal him, but to go to his house. This He does, that we may learn the worthiness of the centurion.
Source details
A.D. 407 · as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Matthew 8:5-9
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.