Jesus actually says he has not "found" anyone in Israel with such great faith, indicating those people he has found/encountered in the previous part of his Galilean ministry. This does not include his mother who knew him from birth and knew full well about his ability to perform miracles (hence her inaugurating his public ministry by requesting a miracle from him in John 2 before the incident with the centurion), nor do I think Jesus means to place the centurion's faith above Moses or Elijah's or various other OT prophets with this statement.
That is exactly what the Greek is saying.
567 posted on 05/13/2017 9:43:02 AM PDT by ealgeone
Appealing to the Greek doesn’t sort it out any better than reading it in English. He’s talking in the context of his Galilean ministry either way. He didn’t have to “find” his mother.