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This further fits with Luke’s emphasis on the Gentiles being “worthy” of hearing the gospel. Of course, the centurion didn’t have this view of himself (Lk. Luke emphasizes how the Jewish leaders called the centurion “worthy” (Lk. If Matthew included this, perhaps his Jewish audience might have pointed to this act as an act of faith and righteousness, which wasn’t his intention. Luke adds his detail about the Jewish elders coaxing Jesus, because he was trying to show their role in bringing this Gentile to Jesus (Lk. 8:10), and he serves as a contrast with the unbelieving religious leaders. Matthew focus on the faith of the Gentile centurion (Mt. Matthew was writing to the Jews, and Luke to the Gentiles. In addition to this harmonization, the differences in the accounts can also be attributed to the purpose of the authors. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean that Pilate held the whip himself, but rather, the order came from him to have Jesus scourged. They may have, or maybe the President sent his ambassadors to do it for him.Įlsewhere in the gospels, we read, “Pilate took Jesus and scourged him” (Jn. We would use this same language today, when a newspaper states, “The President told the Prime Minister to support his foreign policy.” We don’t expect that the two people actually spoke to one another. When Matthew records that the centurion was “imploring Jesus,” it never says that this was “face to face” or “in person.” Of course, the centurion did implore Jesus, but this was via a messenger or representative. The emissaries represented the Centurion. Poythress observes, “Human motivations and decision making are complex and often include some wavering or change of mind.” Remember, Jesus was “not far from the house” (Lk. 7:6), it’s possible that he could have come out to visit him after sending his servants. While the centurion originally felt shame in approaching Jesus (Lk. The Centurion came AFTER sending emissaries.

Remember, Jesus was close to the house (v.6), so this wouldn’t have been a very far trek The servants return to the house and find that he is healed (v.10). Jesus commands that the servant will be healed, and he is healed “that very moment” (v.13) Remember that Luke was writing to the Gentiles-not the Jews-so this wouldn’t have been relevant to them Jesus concludes that Gentiles will make it into the kingdom, while many Jews will be cast out because of their lack of faith (vv.11-12) Jesus marvels at his faith and says he’s never found it-even in Israel (v.9) Jesus marvels at his faith and says he’s never found it-even in Israel (v.10) Likewise, he recognizes Jesus as the ultimate authority, so why not just command a healing? (v.8) The centurion gives a comparison of how he is an authority over his troops. Likewise, he recognizes Jesus as the ultimate authority, so why not just command a healing? (v.9) He asks Jesus to just command the miracle (v.7) Luke adds that the centurion didn’t even view himself as worthy enough to speak directly with Jesus, but sent his servants instead (v.7) The centurion sends friends to speak with Jesus, and they tell Jesus that the centurion is unworthy of letting Jesus come into his house (v.6) Instead he should just command the miracle (v.8) The centurion tells Jesus that he’s unworthy to accept him. Jesus was close to the man’s house, so he walked over toward it to heal the centurion’s servant (v.6) The Jewish elders tell Jesus that the centurion is worthy of this request, because he helped build them their synagogue (vv.4-5) The centurion’s servant was sick (v.2), and he sends Jewish elders to speak to Jesus and ask his servant to be saved (v.3) The centurion asks Jesus to heal his servant who is tormented (v.6) Jesus entered Capernaum and met the centurion (v.5)

Differences between Matthew and Luke’s Account of the Centurion RESPONSE: Before answering this difficulty, it’s first worthy considering the differences in the accounts. Matthew makes it seem like the centurion and Jesus met face to face, but Luke explains that they met through messengers. Of course, the biggest difference between the accounts is in the fact that Luke mentions that there are intermediaries between the centurion and Jesus. 8:5-13) Does this contradict the account in Luke 7:1-10?ĬLAIM: In the account of Jesus healing the centurion’s servant, there appear to be differing accounts.