This is the occupation held by a man who sends servants to the house of Simon the tanner in Joppa. A man in this position states "I do not deserve to have you come under my roof" and explains that he says "Do this" to his obedient servant. In Matthew 8, Jesus heals the servant of one of these men in Capernaum, saying there is no one in Israel with such great faith as that man. After seeing a vision of a sheet being lowered from Heaven containing "unclean" animals, Peter meets one of these men named Cornelius, which symbolically opens up the Gospel to the Gentiles. Acco
This is the occupation held by a man who sends servants to the house of Simon the tanner in Joppa. A man in this position states "I do not deserve to have you come under my roof" and explains that he says "Do this" to his obedient servant. In Matthew 8, Jesus heals the servant of one of these men in Capernaum, saying there is no one in Israel with such great faith as that man. After seeing a vision of a sheet being lowered from Heaven containing "unclean" animals, Peter meets one of these men named Cornelius, which symbolically opens up the Gospel to the Gentiles. According to the Gospel of a Mark, a man in this position says "Surely this man was the son of God!" after seeing how Jesus died. For 10 points, name this occupation which is held by various Roman military men in the New Testament.
This is the occupation held by a man who sends servants to the house of Simon the tanner in Joppa.
centurion [or centurio; or hekatonarch; prompt on soldier or officer]