Topic
Centurion
26 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Mark 15:39Easton · ISBE · Nave In charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, testifies, “Truly this was the Son of God,”
¶ And when the centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.
- Mark 15:44Easton · ISBE · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.
- Mark 15:45Easton · ISBE · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
And when he knew it of the centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.
- Luke 23:47Easton · ISBE · Nave In charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, testifies, “Truly this was the Son of God,”
Now when the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.
- Matthew 8:5Easton · ISBE
¶ And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
- Matthew 27:54Easton · Nave In charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, testifies, “Truly this was the Son of God,”
Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
- Acts 10:1Easton · ISBE
There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
- Acts 21:32Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
- Acts 22:25Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?
- Acts 22:26Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.
- Acts 23:17Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
Then Paul called one of the centurions unto him, and said, Bring this young man unto the chief captain: for he hath a certain thing to tell him.
- Acts 23:23Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
And he called unto him two centurions, saying, Make ready two hundred soldiers to go to Cæsarea, and horsemen threescore and ten, and spearmen two hundred, at the third hour of the night;
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- Acts 24:23 Easton · Nave A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army
- Acts 27:1 Easton · ISBE
- Matthew 8:5–13 Nave Of Capernaum, comes to Jesus in behalf of his servant
- Matthew 8:8 Easton
- Matthew 8:13 Easton
- Luke 7:1–10 Nave Of Capernaum, comes to Jesus in behalf of his servant
- Luke 7:2 Easton
- Luke 7:6 Easton
- Acts 10:22 Easton
- Acts 27:6 Easton
- Acts 27:11 Easton
- Acts 27:31 Easton
- Acts 27:43 Easton
- Acts 28:16 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 24 references
A Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Acts 10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt. 8:5, 8, 13; Luke 7:2, 6; Acts 21:32; 22:25, 26; 23:17, 23; 24:23; 27:1, 6, 11, 31, 43; 28:16. A centurion watched the crucifixion of our Lord (Matt. 27:54; Luke 23:47), and when he saw the wonders attending it, exclaimed, “Truly this man was the Son of God.” “The centurions mentioned in the New Testament are uniformly spoken of in terms of praise, whether in the Gospels or in the Acts. It is interesting to compare this with the statement of Polybius (vi. 24), that the centurions were chosen by merit, and so were men remarkable not so much for their daring courage as for their deliberation, constancy, and strength of mind.”, Dr. Maclear’s N. T. Hist.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 7 references
sen-tu'-ri-un: As the name implies, hekatontarches or hekatontarchos, kenturion, Latin centurio, was the commander of a hundred men, more or less, in a Roman legion. Matthew and Luke use the Greek word while Mark prefers the Latin form, as he does in the case of other words, seeing that he wrote primarily for Roman readers. The number of centurions in a legion was 60, that being at all epochs the number of centuries, although the number varied in the cohort or speira. The ordinary duties of the centurion were to drill his men, inspect their arms, food and clothing, and to command them in the camp and in the field. Centurions were sometimes employed on detached service the conditions of which in the provinces are somewhat obscure. Men like Cornelius and Julius (Ac 10:1; 27:1) may have been separated from the legion to which they properly belonged for the discharge of special duties. They and other centurions mentioned in the Gospels and the Ac (Mt 8:5; Mr 15:39,44,45; Lu 23:47) are represented by the sacred writers in a favorable light.
See AUGUSTAN BAND.
T. Nicol.
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 13 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → A commander of approximately one-hundred soldiers in the Roman army Mr 15:44,45; Ac 21:32; 22:25,26; 23:17,23; 24:23
- → Of Capernaum, comes to Jesus in behalf of his servant Mt 8:5-13; Lu 7:1-10
- → In charge of the soldiers who crucified Jesus, testifies, “Truly this was the Son of God,” Mt 27:54; Mr 15:39; Lu 23:47
- → See CORNELIUS
- → See JULIUS
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.