the centurion.

100 men. In order to have a proper notion of his office, it may be desirable to explain the construction and array of the Roman legion. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries; so that there were thirty maniples, and sixty centuries in a legion, which, if the century had always, as the word imports, consisted of

100 soldiers, would have formed a combined phalanx of

6,000 men. The number in a legion, however, varied at different periods; in the time of Polybius it was

4,200. The order of battle was that of three lines; the hastati, or spearmen, occupied the front; the principes, the second line; the triarii, (also called pilani, from their weapon, the pilam,) the third. The centurions were appointed by the tribunes, and generally selected from the common soldiers according to their merit; although the office was sometimes obtained for money, or through the favour of the consuls. Their badge was a vine rod, or sapling.

Marcos 15:44
Pilatos recebeu com espanto a notícia de que Jesus já havia falecido. E, chamando o centurião, perguntou-lhe se fazia muito tempo que morrera.

Mateus 8:5-10
Entrando Jesus em Cafarnaum, dirigiu-se a ele um centurião, suplicando: …

Atos 10:1
Havia em Cesareia um homem chamado Cornélio, centurião do regimento militar conhecido como italiano.

Atos 27:1-3,43
Então, foi determinado que navegássemos para a Itália. Paulo e alguns outros presos foram entregues a um centurião chamado Júlio, que pertencia ao regimento imperial. …

he said.

Mateus 27:43,54
Pregou sua confiança em Deus. Então que Deus o salve neste instante, se verdadeiramente por ele tem piedade, pois afirmou: ‘Sou Filho de Deus!’”. …

Lucas 23:47,48
O centurião, constatando o que tinha acontecido, glorificou a Deus, exclamando: “Verdadeiramente, este homem era justo!” …