Matthew 8:6

Κύριε again, not necessarily expressing any advanced idea of Christ's person. παῖς may mean either son or servant. Luke has δοῦλος, and from the harmonistic point of view this settles the matter. But many, including Bleek and Weiss (Meyer), insist that παῖς here means son. βέβληται, perf. pointing to a chronic condition; bed-ridden in the house, therefore not with the centurion. παραλυτικός : a disease of the nerves, therefore emotional treatment might be thought of, had the son only been present. But he could not even be brought on a stretcher as in another case (Matthew 9:1) because not only παραλ., but δεινῶς βασανιζόμενος, not an ordinary feature of paralysis.