Instances Of Liberality : The Centurion

• Armies

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

• Paralysis

And Jesus said unto The centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

• Armies

Now when The centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly, saying, Truly this was the Son of God.

And when The centurion, which stood over against him, saw that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, he said, Truly this man was the Son of God.

And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead: and calling unto him The centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead.

And when he knew it of The centurion, he gave the body to Joseph.

Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, The centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:

• Armies

Now when The centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, Certainly this was a righteous man.

• Armies

And they said, Cornelius The centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto The centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?

• Armies

When The centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for this man is a Roman.

And there The centurion found a ship of Alexandria sailing into Italy; and he put us therein.

• Armies
• Rashness

Nevertheless The centurion believed the master and the owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul.

Paul said to The centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.

• Armies
• Kindness

But The centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:

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• Prisoners

And when we came to Rome, The centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.