And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
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John Chrysostom
AD 407
The leper came unto Him when He had come down from the mountain, but this centurion, when He was entered into Capernaum. Wherefore then did neither the one nor the other go up into the mountain? Not out of remissness, for indeed the faith of them both was fervent, but in order not to interrupt His teaching.
