The Definition of the word Centurion

Centurion

A Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, "45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Acts" "10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt. 8:5, 8, 13;" "Luke 7:2, 6; Acts 21:32; 22:25, 26; 23:17, 23; 24:23; 27:1, 6," "11, 31, 43; 28:16. A centurion watched the crucifixion of our" "Lord (Matt. 27:54; Luke 23:47), and when he saw the wonders" "attending it, exclaimed, "Truly this man was the Son of God." The centurions mentioned in the New Testament are uniformly "spoken of in terms of praise, whether in the Gospels or in the" Acts. It is interesting to compare this with the statement of "Polybius (vi. 24), that the centurions were chosen by merit, and" so were men remarkable not so much for their daring courage as "for their deliberation, constancy, and strength of mind.", Dr." Maclear's N. T. Hist.