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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
What then doth Jesus? What He had in no case done before, here He doeth. For whereas on every occasion He was used to follow the wish of His supplicants, here He rather springs toward it, and offers not only to heal him, but also to come to the house. And this He doth, that we might learn the virtue of the centurion. For if He had not made this offer, but had said, "Go thy way, let thy servant be healed;" we should have known none of these things. This at least He did, in an opposite way, in the case also of the Phoenician woman. …
Western Saints
Jerome
The Lord seeing the centurion's faith, humbleness, and thoughtfulness, straightway promises to go and heal him; Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.
Gregory the Dialogist
A centurion came to the Lord saying: "Lord, my servant lies paralyzed in my house and is grievously tormented." To whom Jesus immediately responds: "I will come and heal him." What does it mean that the royal official asks him to come to his son, and yet he refuses to go bodily; but to the centurion's servant he is not invited, and yet he promises to go bodily? He does not deign to be present to the royal official's son through bodily presence, yet he does not disdain to go to meet the centurion's servant. …
Thomas Aquinas
And Jesus said to him, "I will come and heal him," i.e., I will not speak. Hence note that no one would dare request as much as the Lord could grant. He says, I will come and heal him, because the presence of Christ is the cause of health. But it should be noted that he did not wish to go to the ruler's son, but he did go to the servant. This would be contrary to many who are willing to visit only the great, in opposition to Sirach (4:7): "Make yourself beloved to the assembly of the poor."
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