A Roman military officer in charge of one hundred soldiers.
The centurion who asked Jesus Christ to heal his servant
Matthew 8:5–9 parallel Luke 7:2–8
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” “I will go and heal him,” Jesus replied. The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have You come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed. For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes, and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”
The centurion present at the death of Jesus Christ
Matthew 27:54 parallels Mark 15:39, Luke 23:47 See also Mark 15:44–45
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
The centurion Cornelius
The centurions involved in guarding Paul
Acts 22:25–26, Acts 23:17–18, Acts 23:23, Acts 24:23, Acts 27:1, Acts 27:3, Acts 27:6, Acts 27:11, Acts 27:31, Acts 27:43
Related themes
Dictionary of Bible Themes © 1999 Martin Manser, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, via Bible Aquifer. Formatted for this site, with Scripture from the Berean Standard Bible.