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CENTURION

A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army MRK 15:44,45; ACT 21:32; 22:25,26; 23:17,23; 24:23

Passages on this topic · 30

  • Matthew 8:5

    When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,

  • Matthew 8:6

    and saying, “Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed, grievously tormented.”

  • Matthew 8:7

    Jesus said to him, “I will come and heal him.”

  • Matthew 8:8

    The centurion answered, “Lord, I’m not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

  • Matthew 8:9

    For I am also a man under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go,’ and he goes; and tell another, ‘Come,’ and he comes; and tell my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

  • Matthew 8:10

    When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, “Most certainly I tell you, I haven’t found so great a faith, not even in Israel.

  • Matthew 8:11

    I tell you that many will come from the east and the west, and will sit down with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven,

  • Matthew 8:12

    but the children of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.”

  • Matthew 8:13

    Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed.” His servant was healed in that hour.

  • Matthew 27:54

    Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

  • Mark 15:39

    When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”

  • Mark 15:44

    Pilate marveled if he were already dead; and summoning the centurion, he asked him whether he had been dead long.

  • Mark 15:45

    When he found out from the centurion, he granted the body to Joseph.

  • Luke 7:1

    After he had finished speaking in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

  • Luke 7:2

    A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.

  • Luke 7:3

    When he heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and save his servant.

  • Luke 7:4

    When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, “He is worthy for you to do this for him,

  • Luke 7:5

    for he loves our nation, and he built our synagogue for us.”

  • Luke 7:6

    Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.

  • Luke 7:7

    Therefore I didn’t even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.

  • Luke 7:8

    For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; and to another, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and to my servant, ‘Do this,’ and he does it.”

  • Luke 7:9

    When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel.”

  • Luke 7:10

    Those who were sent, returning to the house, found that the servant who had been sick was well.

  • Luke 23:47

    When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, “Certainly this was a righteous man.”

  • Acts 21:32

    Immediately he took soldiers and centurions, and ran down to them. They, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

  • Acts 22:25

    When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”

  • Acts 22:26

    When the centurion heard it, he went to the commanding officer and told him, “Watch what you are about to do, for this man is a Roman!”

  • Acts 23:17

    Paul summoned one of the centurions, and said, “Bring this young man to the commanding officer, for he has something to tell him.”

  • Acts 23:23

    He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”

  • Acts 24:23

    He ordered the centurion that Paul should be kept in custody, and should have some privileges, and not to forbid any of his friends to serve him or to visit him.

From Nave’s Topical Bible (public domain).