Matthew 8:6 (YLT)

Passage

and saying, `Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'

Nearby Context

Matthew 8:4 And Jesus saith to him, `See, thou mayest tell no one, but go, thyself shew to the priest, and bring the gift that Moses commanded for a testimony to them.'

Matthew 8:5 And Jesus having entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion calling upon him,

Matthew 8:6 and saying, `Sir, my young man hath been laid in the house a paralytic, fearfully afflicted,'

Matthew 8:7 and Jesus saith to him, `I, having come, will heal him.'

Matthew 8:8 And the centurion answering said, `Sir, I am not worthy that thou mayest enter under my roof, but only say a word, and my servant shall be healed;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saying", "young", "hath", "been", "laid", "house", "paralytic", and "fearfully". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saying" and "young", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 5's "And Jesus having entered into Capernaum there..." into verse 7's "and Jesus saith to him I having...", so "saying" and "young" belong inside that flow. In Matthew context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "saying" and "young" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.