Thematic Bible
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Armies » March in ranks » Roman army » Centurions
When He got back to Capernaum, a Roman military captain came up to Him and kept begging Him,
But the captain answered, "I am not fit for you to come under my roof, but simply speak the word, and my servant-boy will be cured.
And the army captain and his men, who were keeping guard over Jesus, who felt the earthquake and saw all that was taking place, were terribly frightened, and said, "Surely this was God's Son."
There was a Roman captain who had a slave that was very dear to him, and he was sick and at the point of death,
When the captain saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, "He certainly was an innocent man!"
Now at Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a colonel in what was known as the Italian regiment,
After the angel who had spoken to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his household servants, and a religious soldier who was one of his devoted attendants,
They answered, "Cornelius, a colonel in the army, an upright man and one who reveres God, and a man of high reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was instructed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and to listen to a message you would bring."
So he at once got together some soldiers and captains and hurried down against them, but as soon as they saw the colonel and his soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
When the captain heard that, he went to the colonel and reported it. Then he asked him, "What are you going to do? This man is a Roman citizen."
So Paul called one of the captains and said, "Take this young man to the colonel, for he has something to tell him."
Then he called in two of his captains and said to them, "Get two hundred men ready to march to Caesarea, with seventy mounted soldiers and two hundred armed with spears, to leave at nine o'clock tonight."
He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.
When it was decided that we should sail for Italy, they turned over Paul and some other prisoners to a colonel of the imperial regiment, named Julius.
But the colonel was influenced by the pilot and the captain of the ship rather than by what Paul said.
but the colonel wanted to save Paul, and so he prevented them from carrying out this plan, and ordered all who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land, and the rest to follow,
When we did arrive at Rome, Paul was granted permission to live by himself -- excepting a soldier to guard him.
Kindness » Instances of » Felix to paul
He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.
Prisoners » Visited by friends
He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.
Now when John in prison heard of the doings of the Christ, he sent this message by his disciples:
Prisoners » Kindness to » By felix
He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.
Prisons » Persons confined in » Sometimes allowed to be visited by their friends
He ordered the captain to keep Paul in custody but to let him have freedom and not to prevent his friends from showing him kindness.
Now when John in prison heard of the doings of the Christ, he sent this message by his disciples:
when I needed clothes you put them on me, when I was sick you looked after me, when I was in prison you came to see me.'