the centurion.

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.

Marc 15:44
Pilate s'étonna qu'il fût mort si tôt; fit venir le centenier et lui demanda s'il était mort depuis longtemps.

Matthieu 8:5-10
Comme Jésus entrait dans Capernaüm, un centenier l'aborda, le priant…

Actes 10:1
Il y avait à Césarée un homme nommé Corneille, centenier dans la cohorte dite italienne.

Actes 27:1-3,43
Lorsqu'il fut décidé que nous nous embarquerions pour l'Italie, on remit Paul et quelques autres prisonniers à un centenier de la cohorte Auguste, nommé Julius.…

he said.

Matthieu 27:43,54
Il s'est confié en Dieu; que Dieu le délivre maintenant, s'il l'aime. Car il a dit: Je suis Fils de Dieu.…

Luc 23:47,48
Le centenier, voyant ce qui était arrivé, glorifia Dieu, et dit: Certainement, cet homme était juste.…