112 The Faith of a Centurion

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A story script based on Matthew 8:5–6 and 11–13, and Luke 7:2–10, describing a Roman centurion in Capernaum whose highly valued servant falls sick, becomes paralyzed, and suffers greatly. Hearing about Jesus, the centurion seeks help through Jewish elders, emphasizing his respect for the people and his support in building a synagogue. When Jesus approaches, the centurion sends friends with a humble message, confident that a word from Jesus will heal his servant.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryReligion & Spirituality

FormatPDF

Pages18

Reading Time45 min

The centurion and his servant

Seeking Jesus’ help

Humble faith and the healing message

112 The Faith of a Centurion Matthew 8:5-6, 11-13 Luke 7:2-10 English Spiritual 112 The Faith of a Centurion English © 2020 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) You are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work, but you may distribute the resulting work only under the same or similar license to this one. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors, illustrators, etc. Original illustrations by Jim Padgett, © Sweet Publishing licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported license. [www.sweetpublishing.com](www.sweetpublishing.com) Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. has skin darkened all of the Jim Padgett illustrations in our collection, and has modified some of them. Story script © 2018 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Template © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. Music © 2017 Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc. licensed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International license. A special thanks to the 50+ unnamed people who worked on the story scripts, templates, adapted illustrations and music. The Romans ruled the land of Israel when Jesus began His ministry. Roman soldiers were stationed throughout the country to enforce Roman law. A centurion was a Roman officer incharge of 100 soldiers. A centurion lived in the city of Capernaum. He had a very valuable servant who became sick and was paralyzed and suffering terribly. Then the centurion heard about Jesus. So he sent some of the Jewish elders to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant. They came to Jesus and said,“This Gentile man really deserves your help. He loves our people and he himself built a synagogue for us.” So Jesus went with the men towards the centurion’s house. When the centurion saw them coming, he quickly sent out some friends with a message for Jesus. “Sir, don't trouble yourself. I do not deserve to have you come into my house, neither do I consider myself worthy to come to you in person. Just give the order, and my servant will get well.”

FAQs

What happened to the centurion’s servant?

The centurion’s valuable servant became sick, was paralyzed, and suffered terribly.

How did the centurion ask Jesus for help?

He sent messages through Jewish elders to ask Jesus to come and heal his servant.

What did the centurion believe about Jesus’ authority?

He believed Jesus only needed to give the order, and his servant would get well.

Jul 15, 2026

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