Matthew 8:5-10
The Faith of a Centurion
5 aWhen he had entered Capernaum, a centurion came forward to him, appealing to him, 6“Lord, my servant is lying paralyzed at home, suffering terribly.” 7And he said to him, “I will come and heal him.” 8But the centurion replied, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but bonly say the word, and my servant will be healed. 9For I too am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. And I say to one, ‘Go,’ and he goes, and to another, ‘Come,’ and he comes, and to my servant, ▼▼Greek bondservant
‘Do this,’ and he does it.” 10When Jesus heard this, dhe marveled and said to those who followed him, “Truly, I tell you, with eno one in Israel ▼▼Some manuscripts not even in Israel
have I found such faith. Mark 15:44
44Pilate was surprised to hear that he should have already died. ▼▼Or Pilate wondered whether he had already died
And summoning hthe centurion, he asked him whether he was already dead. Acts 10:1
Peter and Cornelius
1At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of iwhat was known as the Italian Cohort,Acts 27:1-3
Paul Sails for Rome
1And when it was decided jthat kwe should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan lCohort named Julius. 2And embarking in a ship of Adramyttium, which was about to sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by mAristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica. 3The next day we put in at Sidon. And nJulius otreated Paul kindly and pgave him leave to go to his friends and be cared for.Acts 27:43
43But the centurion, qwishing to save Paul, kept them from carrying out their plan. He ordered those who could swim to jump overboard first and make for the land,
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