How was it that a Roman centurion came to display greater faith than Christ has seen asking the Jews? It was because he had learned to recognize the marks of real authority, the kind that go beyond any outward insignia, and he sought truth honestly enough to recognize it in the religion of this provincial people (as the Romans generally viewed them). Seeing real authority combined with religious truth allowed him to exercise strong faith in this healer. We have no way of knowing if he saw Christ as more than that but I believe that he did.
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