Matthew 8:10

“When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, etc.] Which must be understood of him as man; for as God, nothing could present itself unto him at unawares, unthought of, and not known before; and so could not raise admiration in him, and which cannot properly fall on a divine person: or he behaved, both by words and gesture, as persons do when they are astonished at anything; and this he might do, to raise the attention and wonder of those that were with him: and said to them that followed. This agrees perfectly with the account that Luke gives, that Christ was set out, with the messengers the centurion sent unto him, in order to come to his house, and heal his servant, and these that followed him were…”

“When Jesus heard it, he marveled - He wondered at it, or he deemed it remarkable. I have not found so great faith - The word “faith,” here, means “confidence” or belief that Christ had power to heal his servant. It does not of “necessity” imply that he had saving faith; though, from the connection and the spirit manifested, it seems probable that he had. If this was so, then he was the first Gentile convert to Christianity, and was a very early illustration of what was more clearly revealed afterward - that the pagan were to be brought to the knowledge of the truth. Not in Israel - Israel was a name given to “Jacob” Genesis 32:28-29, because, as a prince, he had power with God; because he…”

“I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel - For the centurion was not an Israelite. Matthew 8:11”

“he marvelled: Mar 6:6; Luk 7:9 I have: Mat 15:28; Luk 5:20, Luk 7:50 Matthew 8:11”