For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
Francis Patrick Kenrick
I he centurion does not compare himself in this respect with Christ, but he remarks that he had soldiers under iiim who obeyed him slrnaly, although he was but a subaltern officer, lie implicitly ackiiowlcdi;e3 Christ as supreme Lord of nature, whom all creatures obey. St. Chry- sosloin thus paraphrases the sentence: "I'hou art God, I am but man. I am subject to authority. Thou art dependent on none." ' 'I'liere is a nice distinction between ilie orders given to the soldier and to the servant. 'I he former is directed to go, or come ; llie latter to do some work enjoined on him.
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.