What Does Matthew 8:10 Mean in the King James?
When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The trust Jesus calls great treats his word as carrying his authority even across distance.
THE MEANING
Jesus marvels at trust that exceeds what he finds even in Israel: the centurion rests fully on the authority of Jesus’ word. The verse speaks now wherever trust is measured by what it can rely on rather than by visible proximity.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that trust requires insider status or visible access to the one whose word is trusted.
THE ROOT
πίστιν
pistin
GROWS FROM
πιστ
Trust, reliance; the Greek πιστ- family connects trusting with being firm or trustworthy.
“faith” in this verse is pistin. The Greek family links trusting to firmness: πίστις names trust, πιστεύω the act of trusting, and πιστός the quality of being firm or steady. The centurion’s confidence is settled reliance on the authority of a word.
ALSO GROWS
pisteuō: Trust, believe.
πιστεύω
This verb shares the πιστ consonants and names the act of placing trust.
pistos: Firm, steady; trustworthy.
πιστός
This adjective shares the πιστ consonants and describes the quality that makes reliance possible.
THE PATTERN
A word spoken with authority can act beyond the speaker’s visible reach.
He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way.THE THREAD
And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.Verse 13 uses a verb from the same Greek πιστ- family for “hast believed”; the “great faith” of verse 10 is now spoken as the centurion’s trust. The next line places that trust beside the servant’s healing, linking the authority trusted with the outcome received.
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