v. Official
Mat 8:5 in Capernaum, a c came to him, begging him
Mat 27:54 the c..seen the earthquake..they feared
Mar 15:39 the c that was in front of him, seeing that
Luk 7:2 a servant of a c, whom he loved very much
Luk 23:47 when he saw what had happened
Act 10:1 c of the company called the Italian
Act 27:1 they handed Paul over to a man named Julio
Act 27:43 but the c, wanting to save Paul
Centurion (Gr. Kenturíon and hekatontárj’s, “head of a hundred”). Commander of a “century” (100 men). They formed the 60th part of a Roman legion. Perhaps he is comparable to a junior non-commissioned officer in today’s military organizations. The NT mentions 2 centurions by name: Cornelius, one of the first Gentiles baptized by the apostles (Act_10), and Julius, who took Paul from Caesarea to Rome (27:1,3,43). Two others are sympathetically mentioned: the one from Capernaum, whose servant Jesus healed (Mat 8:5-13), and the one who stood by the cross and declared that Jesus was the “Son of God” (Mat 27:54). ). Bib.: HMD Parker. The Roman Legions (Oxford, 1928), pp. 30-32, 196-205, 235, 236.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
head of a Roman century. Several are mentioned in the NT As Jesus enters Capernaum, he is approached by a c. to ask him to cure the paralyzed servant who was lying in his house. Jesus publicly praised the faith of this Roman official, Mt 8, 1-13; Lk 7, 1-10. When Christ died on the cross, c. that he was at the foot of it recognized him as the Son of God, Mt 27, 54; Mk 15, 39; Lk 23, 47. A c. Pilate confirmed the death of Christ, and the Roman procurator authorized Joseph of Arimathea to bury the body, Mk 15 44-45. Cornelius, the c. Roman, he lodged Peter in his house in Caesarea, and along with others he was one of the first Gentiles to receive baptism, Acts 10. To c. Julius, of the Augustan cohort, Paul was handed over into custody to be taken prisoner to Rome. the c.
Julio behaved humanely with the Apostle Hch 27, 1-3.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(lat., centum, hundred). A commander of 100 soldiers in the Roman army. The centurion of Capernaum had built a synagogue for the Jews. Jesus healed his servant (Mat 8: 5-13; Luk 7: 2-10) saying: I have not found such faith in anyone in Israel. Cornelius (Acts 10), another centurion, was devout and God-fearing. Peter was sent to him and used the keys to open salvation to the Gentiles, as he had done in Jerusalem for the Jews (Acts 2) and in Samaria for his people (Acts 8: 14-17). Another centurion, Julius, of the Augustan company (Acts 27:1-43), had the duty of taking Paul to Rome. He saved Paul’s life when the soldiers wanted to kill all the prisoners, and Paul through his presence and his advice saved the centurion and the entire company of the ship. Other centurions are mentioned elsewhere (Mat 27:54; Act 22:25; Act 23:17).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
Roman official, with great faith, by which his servant is healed: Mt. 8, Lc. 7. Confess Jesus at Calvary: Mat 27:54.
Cornelius: (Acts 10).
“Pentecost” gentile.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
Roman soldier who commanded a century (one hundred men), the smallest unit in the nomenclature of the Roman infantry. They were respected and feared as professional soldiers of the great empire. Several are mentioned in the NT. Among them: a) the one from Capernaum, who had a sick servant and of whom the Lord Jesus said “not even in Israel have I found such faith” (Mat 8:5-13); b) the one who commanded the soldiers who crucified the Lord, who later said: “Truly this man was the Son of God” (Mar 15:39); c) Cornelius, † œpious and God-fearing with all his household, and who gave many alms to the people and prayed to God always † (Acts 10: 2), to whom Peter preached the gospel; and d) † œJulio, of the Augusta company †, who saved Paul’s life when he was leading him as a prisoner to Rome (Acts 27: 1).
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
typ, EXERCISE OFFICE FUNC
vet, (from the lat. “centum”, hundred). Roman army officer (Acts 21:32; 22:26), commander of 100 soldiers or, later, a somewhat larger number (cf. Acts 23:23). The NT mentions two names of centurions: (a) Cornelius, of the garrison at Caesarea; in it it was seen that the Holy Spirit had been given to believers who came out of paganism, as well as to the Jews (Acts 10); (b) Centurion Julius, who led Paul to Rome, along with other prisoners, treating them kindly (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). In addition to Cornelius, two centurions manifested their faith: one at Capernaum (Mt. 8:5-13), and another near the cross (Mt. 27:54).
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Roman military office that is occasionally alluded to in the New Testament. Centurion was the one who carried out the execution of Jesus on the cross and ended up confessing his divinity: Mc. 15.39; Mc. 15.44. From some centurion the name is given, such as Cornelius (Acts 10.1) or Julio (Acts 27. 1).
He didn’t necessarily have 100 soldiers at his command; but in principle it was. He represented the authority in the place where he acted and his functions were very variable.
The centurions were under the command of a superior authority and sometimes had subordinates under their command, such as the decurions, or heads of ten, or the servants, such as those of the Capernaum official (Lk. 7. 1-10) whom Jesus cured. a servant and who showed surprising faith, for being a Gentile.
Pedro Chico González, Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy, Editorial Bruño, Lima, Peru 2006
Source: Dictionary of Catechesis and Religious Pedagogy
Roman officer, who commanded a century. In the gospels, a centurion appears asking Jesus to cure one of his servants (Mt 8,5-13; Lk 7, 2-6), and another, with the soldiers under his command, guarding the tomb of Jesus (Mt 27, 54; Mk 15,39-44; Lk 23,47).
MNE
FERNANDEZ RAMOS, Felipe (Dir.), Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth, Editorial Monte Carmelo, Burbos, 2001
Source: Dictionary of Jesus of Nazareth
See ARMY OFFICER.
Source: Dictionary of the Bible
1. jekatontarcos (eJkatovntarco”, 1543), (ekaton, hundred; arch, rule) centurion. Denotes a military officer in command of 50 or 100 men, depending on the size of the legion he was part of (eg, Mat 8:5,8.) 2. jekatontarques (eJkatontavrch”, 1543) has the same meaning than #1 (eg, Act 10:1,22). In the LXX this word occurs frequently, to denote captains of hundreds. 3. kenturion (kenturivwn, 2760) is a Greek transliteration of the Latin word centrio, which means practically the same as No. 1 (Mk 15.39,44,45). There were ten centurions per cohort when it was at full strength. There were several in Jerusalem under the chief captain, or tribune, mentioned in Act 21:31:¶
Source: Vine New Testament Dictionary
(Latin, Centurius; Greek, kentyrion, ekatontarkos, ekatontarkys).
Roman officer in command of a century or company, whose strength varied between 50 to 100 men; but in the Vulgate and the Douay Bible the term is also applied to an officer of the Hebrew army. In New Testament times there were sixty centurions in a legion, two in the manipule and six in the cohort, not all of the same rank. The centurion who led the first of the two centuries that made up the manipule had a higher rank than the commander of the second; the first centurion of the first maniple (triarii) of the cohort was older than the first centurion of the second (principes), and he was older than the ranked centurion of the third (hastati), etc. There was also rank priority based on cohort number. The head centurion in the legion was the primipulus or first centurion of the triarii of the first cohort. He was in charge of the legion’s eagle, assisted in war councils, and in the absence of a superior officer, he took command of the legion. Auxiliary cohorts had six or ten centurions according to whether they consisted of 500 (quingenarue cohorts) or 1,000 men (milliarics cohorts). These were inferior to the legionary centurions.
The centurions carried as insignia of their rank a club made from a vine branch, with which, on occasion, they punished their men; whence vitis (vine) was used to designate his centurion rank. They could not generally rise higher than the rank of primipilus, and at the expiration of their term of service they retired to private life. With the grant of land they received and with what they acquired, they were generally well off. The primipili often became wealthy enough to enter the equestrian order. It should be noted that the position of centurion, as a rule, was not held by family men, although occasionally a young man of rank who aspired to a higher military career served first as a centurion in a legion.
Of the two centurions mentioned in the Gospels, only one was a Roman officer. The one who asked Our Savior to heal his servant and whose faith Jesus Christ warmly praised (Mt. 8,5ff; Lc. 7,2ff;) although he was a Gentile, he belonged to the army of Herod Antipas, since Capernaum was in the territory of this prince. The tetrarch’s army was probably organized in the manner of auxiliary Roman troops. The other, who commanded the detachment of soldiers at the Crucifixion (Mt. 27,54; Mk. 15,39.44; Lc. 23,47) was of course an officer of the imperial cohort stationed in Jerusalem (Acts 21,31) . In the Acts two centurions are mentioned by name, Cornelius, centurion of “the Italian band” or cohort, the first gentile admitted to the Church (Acts 10,1 ss.); and Julio, centurion of the “Augusta cohort”, who brought Saint Paul to Rome (Acts 27,1 etc.).
Other centurions are mentioned in connection with the arrest and transfer of the Apostles to Caesarea (Acts 21,32; 22,25; 23,23). Since there was no legion stationed in Palestine before Vespasian’s time, all these centurions belonged to the auxiliary cohorts. For this reason, it is unlikely that Cornelius or Julius was a member of the patrician family whose name he bore; probably both were sons of freedmen. In a number of passages in the Old Testament, centurions appear in the Vulgate for sare me’oth (“captains of hundreds”); once (1 Sam. 8:12) even for sare hamishshim (“captains of fifty”), though in this case the Septuagint’s agreement with the Vulgate would seem to show that the Hebrew text is faulty. In several of these places the Douay Bible has “centurions”, but in the other “captains”, “captains of” or “over hundreds”; in two cases (Ex. 18,21.25) “rulers of” or “over hundreds”. The centurions of Ex. 18,21.25, Num.31,14, etc., Deut. 1.15 were civil and military officials.
GRADES
Centuria: In the Roman militia, a company of one hundred men.
Maniple: Each of the 30 units…