ἑκατόνταρχος

When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him,

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.

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go! As you have believed, so will it be done for you.” And his servant was healed at that very hour.

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.”

There a highly valued servant of a centurion was sick and about to die.

So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

When the centurion saw what had happened, he gave glory to God, saying, “Surely this was a righteous man.”

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”

Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

But as they stretched him out to strap him down, Paul said to the centurion standing there, “Is it lawful for you to flog a Roman citizen without a trial?”

On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”

Then Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander; he has something to tell him.”

Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.

He ordered the centurion to keep Paul under guard, but to allow him some freedom and permit his friends to minister to his needs.

When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.

But Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men remain with the ship, you cannot be saved.”

But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.