Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 8:8-9
Matthew 8:8-9. Lord, I am not worthy, &c.— The centurion with great humility answers our Lord, that he means he should not take the trouble of going to his house, as he was a Gentile; but only that he would be so good as to command his servant's cure, though at a distance; for he knew his power equal to that effect; diseases and even devils of all kinds being as much subject to Christ's commands, as his soldiers were to him. He knew that he himself was only an inferior officer; for the... read more
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Matthew 8:6
Matthew 8:6. My servant— 'Ο παις μου . In Luke he is called δουλος: whence the writers hinted-at at the end of the last note would draw an argument in proof of the difference of these histories; for as παις sometimes signifies son, they would infer, that this centurion came for the cure of his son; that in Luke for the cure of his servant. This argument, however, is by no means conclusive; for it is plain, from several other passages both in sacred and prophane writers, that παις in the Greek,... read more