Mt. 8:6

Jim West jwest at highland.net
Wed Oct 23 20:18:19 EDT 2002


At 04:48 PM 10/23/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>What is the significance of PAIS in Mt. 8:6 as the centurion asked Jesus to
>heal his servant?  Does it refer to the servant's age--he was a young
>servant--or does it refer to the relationship--the servant was like a child
>to him?  Luke uses DOULOS in the parallel passage in Luke 7:2,3. 

in my humble view (stop chuckling carl,  ;-)  ) the centurion is asking that
his natural child be helped.  

jim

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Jim West, ThD
Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies
Quartz Hill School of Theology

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