{For I also am a man under authority} (kai gar eg(9320)anthr(9370)os
hupo exousian). "Also" is in the text, though the kai here may
mean "even," even I in my subordinate position have soldiers
under me. As a military man he had learned obedience to his
superiors and so expected obedience to his commands, instant
obedience (aorist imperatives and aoristic present indicatives).
Hence his faith in Christ's power over the illness of the boy
even without coming. Jesus had only to speak with a word ( 8:8 ),
say the word, and it would be done.