Thematic Bible: Centurions
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And the centurion answered [and] said, "Lord, I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof. But only say the word and my slave will be healed.
Now the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus, [when they] saw the earthquake and the things that took place, were extremely frightened, saying, "Truly this man was God's Son!"
Now a certain centurion's slave, who was esteemed by him, {was sick} [and] was about to die.
Now [when] the centurion saw what had happened, he began to praise God, saying, "Certainly this man was righteous!"
Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea {named} Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort,
And when the angel who spoke to him departed, he summoned two of the household slaves and a devout soldier from those who attended him,
And they said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous and God-fearing man--and well spoken of by the whole nation of the Jews--was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear words from you."
{He} immediately took along soldiers and centurions [and] ran down to them. And [when] they saw the military tribune and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.
And [when] the centurion heard [this], he went to the military tribune [and] reported [it], saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman citizen!"
So Paul called one of the centurions [and] said, "Bring this young man to the military tribune, because he has something to report to him."
And he summoned two of the centurions [and] said, "Make ready from the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers and seventy horsemen and two hundred spearmen, in order that they may proceed as far as Caesarea.
[He] ordered the centurion [for] him to be guarded and to have some freedom, and in no way to prevent any of his own [people] [from] serving him.
And when it was decided [that] we would sail away to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion {named} Julius of the Augustan Cohort.
But the centurion was convinced even more by the shipmaster and the shipowner than by what was said by Paul.
but the centurion, [because he] wanted to save Paul, prevented them {from doing what they intended}, and gave orders [that] those who were able to swim should jump in first to get to the land,
And when we entered into Rome, Paul was allowed to stay by himself with the soldier who was guarding him.
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