'Centurion' in the Bible

Now [when] he entered Capernaum, a centurion approached him, appealing to him

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.

And Jesus said to the centurion, "Go, as you have believed it will be done for you." And the slave was healed at that hour.

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!"

And [when] the centurion who was standing opposite him saw that he expired like this, he said, "Truly this man was God's Son!"

And Pilate was surprised that he was already dead, and summoning the centurion, asked him whether he had died already.

And [when he] learned of [it] from the centurion, he granted the corpse to Joseph.

So Jesus went with them. Now by this time he was not far away from the house, [and] the centurion sent friends, saying to him, "Lord, do not trouble yourself, for I am not worthy that you should come in under my roof.

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 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."

But when they had stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing there, "Is it permitted for you to flog a man [who is] a Roman citizen and uncondemned?"

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!"

[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.

And there the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy [and] put us {on board} it.

But the centurion was convinced even more by the shipmaster and the shipowner than by what was said by Paul.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, "Unless these [men] remain with the ship, you cannot be saved!"

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,