Luke 7:2

And a certain centurion's servant ,.... The same that Matthew makes mention of, Matthew 8:5 ; see Gill on Matthew 8:5 . See Gill on Matthew 8:6 .

who was dear unto him ; to the centurion, being an honest, upright, faithful, and obliging servant; as Tabi was to Rabban Gamaliel, of whom his master said F12 T. Bab. Beracot, fol. 16. 2. ,

"Tabi my servant, is not as other servants, כשר היה , "he is upright".'

was sick : of a palsy; see Matthew 8:6 ,

and ready to die ; in all appearance his case was desperate, and there was no help for him by any human means, which makes the following cure, the more remarkable.