{"query": "The Centurion", "count": 20, "results": [{"id": "card_n_5ac1502e8926", "title": "The Centurion", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gentile officer; loves the nation, builds a synagogue; will not ask Jesus to enter under his roof; recognizes authority by analogy to his own; commended for faith not found in Israel.\n\nRestoration pat"}, {"id": "card_n_e0d745038e0f", "title": "Easton: Centurion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "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"}, {"id": "card_src_word_centurion", "title": "centurion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "centurion: (noun) (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers"}, {"id": "card_src_book_68632", "title": "Le Voyage du Centurion — Ernest Psichari", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Le Voyage du Centurion, by Ernest Psichari (in fr). Subjects: France -- Colonies -- Africa -- Fiction. Read the full text (public domain): https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68632"}, {"id": "card_src_book_21379", "title": "Marcus: the Young Centurion — George Manville Fenn", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Marcus: the Young Centurion, by George Manville Fenn. Subjects: Caesar, Julius -- Juvenile fiction; Gaul -- History -- Gallic Wars, 58-51 B.C. -- Juvenile fiction; Rome -- History -- Republic, 265-30 "}, {"id": "card_n_0515a8f681bf", "title": "Easton: Cornelius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel. His residence at Caesrea probably brought him into contact "}, {"id": "card_src_comm_luke_7_1", "title": "Matthew Henry on Luke 7:1", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Luke 7:1 — Some difference there is between this story of the cure of the centurion's servant as it is related here and as we had it in Mat 8:5, etc. There it was said that the centurion came to Ch"}, {"id": "card_c_m_25bce0651bc5", "title": "Matthew cites Easton: Centurion", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Matthew cites Easton: Centurion."}, {"id": "card_c_m_e5c1445ce6e1", "title": "Easton: Baal-peor shares a section with Easton: Centurion", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Easton: Baal-peor shares a section with Easton: Centurion."}, {"id": "card_src_comm_acts_10_19", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 10:19", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 10:19 — We have here the meeting between Peter the apostle, and Cornelius the centurion. Though Paul was designed to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and to gather in the harvest among them, an"}, {"id": "card_n_31cca21741a0", "title": "Easton: Caesarea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by H"}, {"id": "card_n_da50e6c26b71", "title": "The Centurion at the Cross", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Roman officer overseeing the execution; sees how He cries out and gives up the spirit; sees the things that happened — darkness, earthquake, the tearing of the veil reported later; declares: Truly thi"}, {"id": "card_src_comm_acts_24_22", "title": "Matthew Henry on Acts 24:22", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Acts 24:22 — We have here the result of Paul's trial before Felix, and what was the consequence of it.\nI. Felix adjourned the cause, and took further time to consider of it (Act 24:22): He had a mo"}, {"id": "card_n_9fab9883e012", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XVIII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The centurion then, seeing the strife excited by the Jews, placed the body in the midst of the fire, and consumed it. Accordingly, we afterwards took up his bones, as being more precious than the most"}, {"id": "card_c_64d2ef628e73", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 15:39 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_src_comm_matthew_8_5", "title": "Matthew Henry on Matthew 8:5", "shelf": "commentary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "On Matthew 8:5 — We have here an account of Christ's curing the centurion's servant of a palsy. This was done at Capernaum, where Christ now dwelt, Mat 4:13. Christ went about doing good, and came hom"}, {"id": "card_c_98058a2a8deb", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 10:1; Acts 21:32 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_4711e88f7ff5", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_4aa59f2cb382", "title": "Easton: Julius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor’s body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul “courteously,” showing in many ways a friendly r"}, {"id": "card_src_book_29566", "title": "The Centurion's Story — David James Burrell", "shelf": "gutenberg", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The Centurion's Story, by David James Burrell. Subjects: Christian fiction; Bible. New Testament -- History of Biblical events -- Fiction; Jesus Christ -- Crucifixion -- Fiction. Read the full text (p"}]}