Lexicon :: Strong's G1543 - hekatontarchēs

When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, pleading with him,

“Lord,” the centurion replied, “I am not worthy to have you come under my roof. But just say the word, and my servant will be healed.

Then Jesus told the centurion, “Go. As you have believed, let it be done for you.” And his servant was healed that very moment.[fn]

When the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was the Son of God! ”

A centurion’s servant, who was highly valued by him, was sick and about to die.

Jesus went with them, and when he was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell him, “Lord, don’t trouble yourself, since I am not worthy to have you come under my roof.

When the centurion saw what happened, he began to glorify God, saying, “This man really was righteous! ”[fn]

There was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment.

They said, “Cornelius, a centurion, an upright and God-fearing man, who has a good reputation with the whole Jewish nation, was divinely directed by a holy angel to call you to his house and to hear a message from you.”

Taking along soldiers and centurions, he immediately ran down to them. Seeing the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.

As they stretched him out for the lash, Paul said to the centurion standing by, “Is it legal for you to scourge a man who is a Roman citizen and is uncondemned? ”

Paul called one of the centurions and said, “Take this young man to the commander, because he has something to report to him.”

He summoned two of his centurions and said, “Get two hundred soldiers ready with seventy cavalry and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea at nine tonight.[fn]

He ordered that the centurion keep Paul under guard, though he could have some freedom, and that he should not prevent any of his friends from meeting[fn] his needs.

When it was decided that we were to sail to Italy, they handed over Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Imperial Regiment.[fn]

There the centurion found an Alexandrian ship sailing for Italy and put us on board.

But the centurion paid attention to the captain and the owner of the ship rather than to what Paul said.

Paul said to the centurion and the soldiers, “Unless these men stay in the ship, you cannot be saved.”

But the centurion kept them from carrying out their plan because he wanted to save Paul, and so he ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.

When we entered Rome,[fn] Paul was allowed to live by himself with the soldier who guarded him.