Thematic Bible: Centurions
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But the centurion said, “Lord, I am not worthy for You to come under my roof, but just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
And a centurion’s slave, who was highly regarded by him, was sick and about to die.
Now there was a man at Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,
When the angel who was speaking to him had left, he summoned two of his servants and a devout soldier of those who were his personal attendants,
They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man well spoken of by the entire nation of the Jews, was divinely directed by a holy angel to send for you to come to his house and hear a message from you.”
At once he took along some soldiers and centurions and ran down to them; and when they saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
When the centurion heard this, he went to the commander and told him, saying, “What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman.”
Paul called one of the centurions to him and said, “Lead this young man to the commander, for he has something to report to him.”
And he called to him two of the centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready by the third hour of the night to proceed to Caesarea, with seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen.”
Then he gave orders to the centurion for him to be kept in custody and yet have some freedom, and not to prevent any of his friends from ministering to him.
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan cohort named Julius.
But the centurion was more persuaded by the pilot and the captain of the ship than by what was being said by Paul.
but the centurion, wanting to bring Paul safely through, kept them from their intention, and commanded that those who could swim should jump overboard first and get to land,
When we entered Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself, with the soldier who was guarding him.
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