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Mat_8:6. Ὁ παῖς μου ] not son (Strauss, Neander, Baumgarten-Crusius, Bleek, Hilgenfeld, Keim), but slave (Luk_7:7; Mat_14:2); yet not: my favourite slave (Fritzsche, comp. Luk_7:2); but either the centurion had only the one, or else he refers to that one in particular whom he had in view. From Mat_8:9, the former appears to be the more probable view.
βέβληται ] is laid down. Comp. Mat_9:2. The perf. as denoting the existing condition. The description of the disease is not at variance with Luk_7:2, but more exact.
παραλυτ .] see on Mat_4:24.