What Does “Centurion” Mean in the Bible?
Office or title
An officer of the Roman army who commanded about a hundred soldiers.
Where it appears in the Bible
Matthew 8:5-10; Luke 23:47; Acts 10:1
What the Bible says
Matthew 8:5-10
5And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, 6And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grieviously tormented. 7And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him. 8And the centurion making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof: but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. 9For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another, Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.
Luke 23:47
Now the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man.
Acts 10:1
And there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of that which is called the Italian band;
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Cambridge Dictionary, “centurion”