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And Things Of The Bible -- Centurion
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.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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