In Luke 7:1–10, Jesus heals the servant of a centurion soldier at Capernaum. These verses illustrate the faith this soldier has that Jesus can heal his favorite servant. We also learn in these verses that the Jewish people of the city knew of this particular centurion and put in a good word for him with Jesus, because he had built the Jewish temple in Capernaum on their behalf. Imagine that! A gentile, a man who was a soldier of some esteem in command of other soldiers in his city, built the ...