Mat 27:54, Mar 15:39, Luk 7:2-10, Act 10:1-33, 22:25, 23:17, 23, 27:13, 31, 43 | TSK | STEP

Matthew 27:54

the centurion.

36; 8:5; Ac 10:1; 21:32; 23:17,23; 27:1,43

saw.

Mr 15:39; Lu 23:47-49

feared.

2Ki 1:13,14; Ac 2:37; 16:29,30; Re 11:13

Truly.

40,43; 26:63; Lu 22:70; Joh 19:7; Ro 1:4

Mark 15:39

the centurion.The centurion was a military captain, and commander of a century, or 100 men. In order to have a proper notion of his office, it may be desirable to explain the construction and array of the Roman legion. Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two centuries; so that there were thirty maniples, and sixty centuries in a legion, which, if the century had always, as the word imports, consisted of 100 soldiers, would have formed a combined phalanx of 6,000 men. The number in a legion, however, varied at different periods; in the time of Polybius it was 4,200. The order of battle was that of three lines; the hastati, or spearmen, occupied the front; the principes, the second line; the {triarii,} (also called {pilani,} from their weapon, the {pilam,}) the third. The centurions were appointed by the tribunes, and generally selected from the common soldiers according to their merit; although the office was sometimes obtained for money, or through the favour of the consuls. Their badge was a vine rod, or sapling.

44; Mt 8:5-10; Ac 10:1; 27:1-3,43

he said.

Mt 27:43,54; Lu 23:47,48

Luke 7:2-10

centurion's.

23:47; Mt 27:54; Ac 10:1; 22:26; 23:17; 27:1,3,43

who.

Ge 24:2-14,27,35-49; 35:8; 39:4-6; 2Ki 5:2,3; Job 31:5; Pr 29:21

Ac 10:7; Col 3:22-25; 4:1

was sick.

8:42; Joh 4:46,47; 11:2,3

8:41; 9:38; Mt 8:5; Joh 4:47; Phm 1:10

worthy.

6,7; 20:35; Mt 10:11,13,37,38; Re 3:4

he loveth.

1Ki 5:1; 2Ch 2:11,12; Ga 5:6; 1Jo 3:14; 5:1-3

and.

1Ch 29:3-9; Ezr 7:27,28; 1Jo 3:18,19

Jesus.

Mt 20:28; Mr 5:24; Ac 10:38

trouble.

8:49

for.

4; 5:8; 15:19-21; Ge 32:10; Pr 29:23; Mt 3:11; 5:26,27; Jas 4:6,10

but.

4:36; 5:13; Ex 15:26; De 32:39; 1Sa 2:6; Ps 33:9; 107:20; Mr 1:27

under.

Ac 22:25,26; 23:17,23,26; 24:23; 25:26

one. Gr. this man. and he goeth.

Ac 10:7,8; Col 3:22; 1Ti 6:1,2

he marvelled.

Mt 8:10; 15:28

not in.

Ps 147:19,20; Mt 9:33; Ro 3:1-3; 9:4,5

Mt 8:13; 15:28; Mr 9:23; Joh 4:50-53

Acts 10:1-33

1 Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,

11 who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;

17 and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.

25 Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.

34 As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,

44 the Holy Ghost falls on them, and they are baptized.

Cir. A.M. 4045. A.D. 41. in.

8:40; 21:8; 23:23,33; 25:1,13

a centurion.

22:25; 27:1,31,43; Mt 8:5-13; 27:54; Lu 7:2

Italian.The Italian band, or rather cohort, [speira ,] (a regiment sometimes consisting of from 555 to 1,105 infantry), is not unknown to the Roman writers, (See Tacitus;) and Gruter gives an inscription in which it is mentioned, which was found in the Forum Sempronii, on a fine marble table.

27:1

devout.

7,22; 2:5; 8:2; 13:50; 16:14; 22:12; Lu 2:25

one.

35; 9:31; 13:16,26; 1Ki 8:43; 2Ch 6:33; Job 1:1; Ps 102:15; Ec 7:18

Isa 59:19; Da 6:26; Re 15:4

with.

7; 16:15; 18:8; Ge 18:19; Jos 24:15; Job 1:5; Ps 101:6-8

which.

4,22,31; 9:36; Ps 41:1; Isa 58:7,8; Lu 7:4,5; Ro 15:26,27

2Co 9:8-15

and prayed.

9:11; Ps 25:5,8,9; 55:17; 86:3; *marg:

Ps 88:1; 119:2; Pr 2:3-5; Da 6:10,16,20; Mt 7:7,8; Lu 18:1; Col 4:2

1Th 5:17; Jas 1:5

saw.

Job 4:15,16; Da 9:20,21

about.

30; 3:1; Mt 27:46; Lu 23:44-46

an.

5:19; 11:13; 12:7-11; 27:23; Lu 1:11; 2:10,11,13; Heb 1:4,14

Cornelius.

9:4; Ex 33:17; Isa 45:4

he was.

Da 10:11; Lu 1:12,29; 24:5

What.

9:5,6; 22:10; 1Sa 3:10

thy.

31; 2Ch 6:33; 32:24; Ps 141:2; Isa 43:26; Mal 3:16; Lu 1:13; Php 4:6

thine.

Isa 45:19; Php 4:18; Heb 6:10; 13:16

send.

32; 9:38; 15:7; 16:9

whose.

Mr 3:16; Joh 1:42

one.

9:43

he shall.

9:6; 11:13,14; Joh 7:17; Ro 10:14-17; Eph 4:8-12

two.

2; Ge 24:1-10,52; Jud 7:10; 1Sa 14:6,7; 1Ti 6:2; Phm 1:16

and a.

1; Mt 8:9,10; Lu 3:14

he sent.

33; 26:19; Ps 119:59,60; Ec 9:10; Ga 1:16

Peter.

8; 11:5-10; 1Sa 9:25; Zep 1:5; Mt 6:6; Mr 1:35; 6:46; 1Ti 2:8

the sixth.

6:4; Ps 55:17; Da 6:10; Mt 20:5; 27:45; Eph 6:18

he became.

Mt 4:2; 12:1-3; 21:18

he fell.

22:17; Nu 24:4,16; Eze 8:1-3; 11:24; 40:2; 2Co 12:2-4; Re 1:10; 4:2,3

saw.

7:56; Eze 1:1; Lu 3:21; Joh 1:51; Re 4:1; 11:19; 19:11

and a.

Ge 49:10; Isa 11:6-14; 19:23-25; 43:6; 56:8; Mt 8:11; 13:47,48

Joh 11:52; 12:32; Ro 1:16; 3:29-31; 9:4; 15:9-12; 16:25,26

Ga 2:15; 3:28; Eph 1:10; 3:6; Col 3:11

vessel.The word [skeuos ,] which corresponds to the Hebrew kelee, denotes every kind of vessel or utensil, any thing which may be considered as a receptacle; and is therefore applicable to a sheet [othone ,] or any thing woven from flax, tied up at the four corners, which our word vessel is not.

Ge 7:8,9; Isa 11:6-9; 65:25; Joh 7:37; 1Co 6:9-11

Rise.

10; Jer 35:2-5; Joh 4:31-34

kill.Or, sacrifice and eat, [thusia kai phago .] The spirit of the heavenly direction seems to be this, say Dr. A. Clarke, "The middle wall of the partition is now pulled down; the Jews and Gentiles are called to become one flock, under one shepherd and bishop of souls. Thou, Peter, shalt open the door of faith to the Gentiles, and be also the minister of the circumcision. Rise up; already a blessed sacrifice is prepared: go and offer it to God; and let thy soul feed on the fruits of his mercy," etc.

Not.

Ge 19:18; Ex 10:11; Mt 16:22; 25:9; Lu 1:60

for.

Le 11:1-17; 20:25; De 14:1-29; Eze 4:14; 44:31

What.

28; 11:9; 15:9,20,29; Mt 15:11; Re 14:14-17,20; 1Co 10:25

Ga 2:12,13; 1Ti 4:3-5; Tit 1:15; Heb 9:9,10

thrice.

Ge 41:32; Joh 21:17; 2Co 13:1

while.

19; 2:12; 5:24; 25:20; Joh 13:12; 1Pe 1:11

the men.

7-18; 9:43

and asked.

5,6; 11:11

the Spirit.

8:29; 11:12; 13:2; 16:6,7; 21:4; Joh 16:13; 1Co 12:11; 1Ti 4:1

and get.

8:26; 9:15; 15:7; Mr 16:15

for.

9:17; 13:4; Isa 48:16; Zec 2:9-11

Behold.

Joh 1:38,39; 18:4-8

what.

29; Mr 10:51

Cornelius.

1-5

a just.

24:15; Ho 14:9; Hab 2:4; Mt 1:19; Mr 6:20; Lu 2:25; 23:50; Ro 1:17

Heb 10:38; 12:23

of good.

6:3; 22:12; Lu 7:4,5; 1Ti 3:7; Heb 11:2; 3Jo 1:12

and to.

6,33; 11:14; Joh 5:24; 6:63,68; 13:20; 17:8,20; Ro 10:17,18; 2Co 5:18

2Pe 3:2

and lodged.

Ge 19:2,3; 24:31,32; Jud 19:19-21; Heb 13:2; 1Pe 4:9

on.

29,33; Ec 9:10

and certain.

45; 9:38,42; 11:12; 2Co 8:21

the morrow.

Cesarea.This city, once an obscure fortress called Strato's Tower, was built and superbly decorated by Herod the Great and called Cæsarea, in honour of Augustus Cæsar, to whom he dedicated it in the 28th year of his reign. It was situated on the shore of the Mediterranean, between Joppa and Dora, with a haven, rendered by Herod the most convenient on the coast: according to Ibn Idris and Abulfeda, 30 miles from Jaffa or Joppa, 32 from Ramlay, and 36 from Acco or Ptolemais; and, according to Josephus, 600 stadia, or 75 miles from Jerusalem, though the real distance is probably not more than 62 miles. Nothing now remains of the former splendour of Cæsarea: the supposed sites of the ancient edifices are mere mounds of indefinable form; the waves wash the ruins of the mole, the tower, and the port; the whole of the surrounding country is a sandy desert; and not a creature except beasts of prey, resides within many miles of this silent desolation.

and had.

Isa 2:3; Mic 4:2; Zec 3:10; 8:20-23; Mt 9:9,10; Mr 5:19,20; Lu 5:29

Joh 1:41-49; 4:28,29; 1:1-3

and fell.

14:11-13; Da 2:30,46; Mt 8:2; 14:33; Re 19:10; 22:8,9

Stand.

14:14,15; Isa 42:8; 48:13; Mt 4:10; 2Th 2:3,4; Re 13:8; 19:10; 22:9

and found.

24; 14:27; Joh 4:35; 1Co 16:9; 2Co 2:12; Col 4:3

that it.

11:2,3; 22:21,22; Joh 4:9,27; 18:28; Ga 2:12-14

but.

15,34; 11:9; 15:8,9; Isa 65:5; Lu 18:11; Eph 3:6,7

as soon.

19,20; Ps 119:60; 1Pe 3:15

I ask.

Four.

7-9,23,24

I was.

3; Ezr 9:4,5; Ne 9:1-3; Da 9:20,21

and, behold.

1:10; Mt 28:3; Mr 16:6; Lu 24:4

thy.

Isa 38:5; Da 9:23; 10:12; Lu 1:13

are.

4; Le 2:2,9; 5:12; Php 4:18; Heb 6:10; Re 5:8; 8:3,4

therefore.

5-8

are we.

17:11,12; 28:28; De 5:25-29; 2Ch 30:12; Pr 1:5; 9:9,10; 18:15; 25:12

Mt 18:4; 19:30; Mr 10:15; 1Co 3:18; Ga 4:14; 1Th 2:13; Jas 1:19,21

1Pe 2:1,2

Acts 22:25

the centurion.

10:1; 23:17; 27:1,3,43; Mt 8:8; 27:54

Is it.By the Roman law, no magistrate was allowed to punish a Roman citizen capitally, or by inflicting stripes, or even binding him; and the single expression, I am a Roman citizen, arrested their severest decrees, and obtained, if not an escape, at least a delay of his punishment.

27,28; 16:37; 25:16