The faith of the centurion

I have studied the passage of the faith of the centurion in the past, but at the moment I don't have access to a paper I wrote about this passage.  When I find this paper, I will post it for your benefit.  In the mean time, read over this passage (Matthew 8:5-13 or Luke 7:1-10) and let me know what you think of it.  I personally think that the crowds who surrounded Jesus and this centurion would have been very surprised at Jesus' response, perhaps even a bit disgruntled, because Jesus commended this foreigner above many Jews.