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.

Markus 15:44
Pilatus aber verwunderte sich, daß er schon tot war, und rief den Hauptmann und fragte ihn, ob er schon lange gestorben wäre.

Matthaeus 8:5-10
Da aber Jesus einging zu Kapernaum, trat ein Hauptmann zu ihm, der bat ihn…

Apostelgeschichte 10:1
Es war aber ein Mann zu Cäsarea, mit Namen Kornelius, ein Hauptmann von der Schar, die da heißt die italische,

Apostelgeschichte 27:1-3,43
Da es aber beschlossen war, daß wir nach Italien schiffen sollten, übergaben sie Paulus und etliche andere Gefangene dem Unterhauptmann mit Namen Julius, von der "kaiserlichen" Schar.…

he said.

Matthaeus 27:43,54
Er hat Gott vertraut; der erlöse ihn nun, hat er Lust zu ihm; denn er hat gesagt: Ich bin Gottes Sohn.…

Lukas 23:47,48
Da aber der Hauptmann sah, was da geschah, pries er Gott und sprach: Fürwahr, dieser ist ein frommer Mensch gewesen!…