Centurion:
a Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mar 15:39,44,45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Act 10:1,22). Other centurions are mentioned in (Mat 8:5,8,13; Luk 7:2,6; Act 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 (Mat 27:54; Luk 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.
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