In the Spirit's Power - William W. Prescott

army. He says to Jesus, Speak the word; that is all
you need to do.
We will say that the Roman authority is Caesar,
that the centurion’s name is Julius, and the
soldier’s, Alexander. Julius the man says to
Alexander the man, “Go;” but Alexander the man
says, “What right have you to command me to go?
I shall go when I get ready.” That is Julius the man
talking to Alexander the man apart from any
authority. But Julius the centurion says to
Alexander the soldier “Go,” and the soldier goes at
once, because Julius is speaking as a representative
of Caesar, and really, it is Caesar speaking. You
see, then, the difference between the man talking to
the man, and the centurion talking to the soldier.
The soldier goes, because all the power of the
Roman Empire is behind the word spoken by the
centurion.
And the centurion said to Christ, I see that you,
Jesus of Nazareth, are here, and that you are under
authority, representing God. When you speak, it is
not Jesus the son of Joseph speaking, but the Son
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