He had not attained to the faith of the centurion, who believed that an expression of will was enough.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St. John, Vol. I"
Marcus Dods
Simon's first feeling was that he wanted to get away from Him, that he was totally unfit to be in the presence of such a Being, and, like the centurion afterwards, was not worthy that He should come under his roof.
"The Making of an Apostle"
R. J. Campbell
Then he spread the hay here, and worked it in there, and had it trodden down at the edge, and then in the middle, and, like the centurion, sent men hither and thither.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies