Jesus

Healing Centurion's Servant

Healing Centurion's Servant is dated AD 28. It is told in Matthew 8:5–13. Jesus Christ is part of it.

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

Matthew 8:5 BSB

When did it happen?

Modern reckoning
AD 28
Traditional reckoning
AD 28

Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.

Where is it in the Bible?

Who was there, and where?

Where: Capernaum.

Which verses connect to Matthew 8:5?

The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).

  1. When Jesus had concluded His discourse in the hearing of the people, He went to Capernaum. There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die. …

  2. When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

  3. Acts 27:437 votes

    But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

  4. At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment. He and all his household were devout and God-fearing. He gave generously to the people and prayed to God regularly. …

  5. Acts 27:316 votes

    But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

  6. Leaving Nazareth, He went and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea in the region of Zebulun and Naphtali,

Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.