Matthew 8:5
New Testament • 6 words with Strong's data
"And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,"
Word-by-Word Analysis
Ἰησοῦς
Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
Καπερναούμ
Kapernaoúm
Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
ἑκατοντάρχης
hekatontárchēs
the captain of one hundred men
παρακαλέω
parakaléō
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Key Terms in This Verse
παρακαλέω parakaléō
to call near, i.e. invite, invoke (by imploration, hortation or consolation)
Study G3870 →Καπερναούμ Kapernaoúm
Capernaum (i.e. Caphanachum), a place in Palestine
Study G2584 →Ἰησοῦς Iēsoûs
Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites
Study G2424 →Cross References
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim:
And again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house.
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Caesarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.
And when the south wind blew softly, supposing that they had obtained their purpose, loosing thence, they sailed close by Crete.
And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.
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