Mark 15:39
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39 Now when the centurion who stood facing him saw that in this way he[a] breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”[b](A)
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Matthew 27:54
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54 Now when the centurion and those with him, who were keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were terrified and said, “Truly this man was God’s Son!”[a](A)
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- 27.54 Or a son of God
Luke 23:47-48
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47 When the centurion saw what had taken place, he praised God and said, “Certainly this man was innocent.”[a](A) 48 And when all the crowds who had gathered there for this spectacle saw what had taken place, they returned home, beating their breasts.
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- 23.47 Or righteous
Matthew 27:43
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43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he wants to, for he said, ‘I am God’s Son.’ ”(A)
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Acts 27:1-3
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Paul Sails for Rome
27 When it was decided that we were to sail for Italy, they transferred Paul and some other prisoners to a centurion of the Augustan Cohort, named Julius.(A) 2 Embarking on a ship of Adramyttium that was about to set sail to the ports along the coast of Asia, we put to sea, accompanied by Aristarchus, a Macedonian from Thessalonica.(B) 3 The next day we put in at Sidon, and Julius treated Paul kindly and allowed him to go to his friends to be cared for.(C)
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Acts 10:1
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Peter and Cornelius
10 In Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of the Italian Cohort, as it was called.
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Mark 15:44-45
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44 Then Pilate wondered if he were already dead, and summoning the centurion he asked him whether he had been dead for some time. 45 When he learned from the centurion that he was dead, he granted the body to Joseph.(A)
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Matthew 8:5-10
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Jesus Heals a Centurion’s Servant
5 When he entered Capernaum, a centurion came to him, appealing to him 6 and saying, “Lord, my servant[a] is lying at home paralyzed, in terrible distress.” 7 And he said to him, “I will come and cure him.” 8 The centurion answered, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof, but only speak the word, and my servant[b] will be healed.(A) 9 For I also 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 slave, ‘Do this,’ and the slave does it.” 10 When Jesus heard him, he was amazed and said to those who followed him, “Truly I tell you, in no one[c] in Israel have I found such faith.
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Acts 27:43
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43 but the centurion, wishing 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(A)
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