Mateo 8:8

Filipino Cebuano Bible

8 Apan kaniya mitubag ang kapitan nga nag-ingon, "Ginoo, dili ako takus sa pagpasilong kanimo ilalum sa akong atop; apan isulti mo lamang ang pulong, ug mamaayo ang akong binatonan.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I am: Matthew 3:11, Matthew 3:14, Matthew 15:26, Matthew 15:27, Genesis 32:10, Psalms 10:17, Luke 5:8, Luke 7:6, Luke 7:7, Luke 15:19, Luke 15:21, John 1:27, John 13:6-8

but: Matthew 8:3, Numbers 20:8, Psalms 33:9, Psalms 107:20, Mark 1:25-27, Luke 7:7

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 5:11 - Naaman Psalms 42:8 - command Psalms 105:16 - Moreover Psalms 147:15 - sendeth Ezekiel 10:11 - whither Jonah 2:10 - General Matthew 9:18 - come Mark 9:22 - if Luke 5:12 - if Luke 8:41 - and besought John 4:53 - at the Acts 22:25 - the centurion Acts 23:17 - one

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The centurion answered, and said,.... This, according to Luke 7:6 was said by his friends in his name, when he understood that Christ had agreed to come to his house, with the elders of the Jews, he first sent to him; and after he was actually set out with them, and was in the way to his house; who, conscious of his own unworthiness, deputes some persons to him, to address him in this manner,

Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof. This is not said as rejecting and despising the presence and company of Christ; but is expressive of his great modesty and humility, and of his consciousness of his own vileness, and unworthiness of having so great a person in his house: it was too great a favour for him to enjoy. And if such a man was unworthy, having been an idolater, and lived a profane course of life, that Christ should come into his house, and be, though but for a short time, under his roof; how much more unworthy are poor sinful creatures (and sensible sinners see themselves to be so unworthy), that Christ should come into their hearts, and dwell there by faith, as he does, in all true believers, however vile and sinful they have been?

But speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. As the former expression declares his modesty and humility, and the mean apprehensions he had of himself; so this signifies his great faith in Christ, and the persuasion he had of his divine power: he does not say pray, and my servant shall be healed, as looking upon him barely as a man of God, a prophet, one that had great interest in God, and at the throne of grace; but speak, command, order it to be done, and it shall be done, which is ascribing omnipotence to him; such power as was put forth in creation, by the all commanding word of God; "he spake, and it was done, he commanded, and it stood fast", Psalms 33:9 yea, he signifies that if he would but speak a word, the least word whatever; or, as Luke has it, "say in a word"; let but a word come out of thy mouth, and it will be done.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am not worthy ... - This was an expression of great humility. It refers, doubtless, to his view of his “personal” unworthiness, and not merely to the fact that he was a “Gentile.” It was the expression of a conviction of the great dignity and power of the Saviour, and of a feeling that he was so unlike him that he was not suitable that the Son of God should come into his dwelling. So every truly penitent sinner feels - a feeling which is appropriate when he comes to Christ.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Matthew 8:8. But speak the word only — Or instead of ειπε λογον read ειπε λογω, speak by word or command. This reading is supported by the most extensive evidence from MSS., versions, and fathers. See here the pattern of that living faith and genuine humility which ought always to accompany the prayer of a sinner: Jesus can will away the palsy, and speak away the most grievous torments. The first degree of humility is to acknowledge the necessity of God's mercy, and our own inability to help ourselves: the second, to confess the freeness of his grace, and our own utter unworthiness. Ignorance, unbelief, and presumption will ever retard our spiritual cure.