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Updated: June 11, 2025
As often as he met with handsome men, who had fine heads of hair, he would order the back of their heads to be shaved, to make them appear ridiculous. There was one Esius Proculus, the son of a centurion of the first rank, who, for his great stature and fine proportions, was called the Colossal.
"For the present, at least, Constantine is the protector of the Christians. I advise you to put your affair into the hands of Bishop Agapitus." "That he may serve me up a dish of your doctrine, which is bad even for women," said the centurion laughing; "and that I may kiss my enemies' feet? They are a vile rabble up there, I repeat it, and they shall be treated as such till I have found my man.
He went, as private soldiers have been in the habit of doing ever since the days of the old Centurion, who said with the characteristic boastfulness of one of the lower grades of commissioned officers when he happens to be a snob: For I am also a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go; and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.
"I am Eunana, a centurion in the regiment of Isis. The unfortunate Eunana. Dost Thou not remember me, worthiness? More than a year ago at the maneuvers near Pi-Bailos I discovered the sacred scarabs." "Ah, that is thou!" interrupted Tutmosis. "But thy regiment is not in Abydos?" "The water of truth flows from thy lips.
There was something so genuinely honest in Paulus' voice and tone, that the centurion was inclined to believe him; but it was not his way to let a threatened punishment fail of execution, and this strange beggar should learn by experience that when his hand intended to hit hard, it was far from "stroking."
Learning from the letters of the Jewish Procurator that the prisoner had been guilty of no serious offence, but had used his privilege of Roman citizenship to appeal to Caesar for protection against the infuriated malice of his co-religionists possibly also having heard from the centurion Julius some remarkable facts about his behaviour and history Burrus allowed him, pending the hearing of his appeal, to live in his own hired apartments.
The centurion, the thief, this man Simon, by looking on the Cross, learned the Crucified. And it is the only way by which any of us will ever learn the true mystery and miracle of Christ's great and loving Being and work. I beseech you, take your places there behind Him, near His Cross; gazing upon Him till your hearts melt, and you, too, learn that He is your Lord, and your Saviour, and your God.
Then Quinctius himself rode into the city, followed by a numerous body of soldiers, as the whole army had been brought home from the province. Among these he distributed two hundred and fifty asses to each footman, double to a centurion, triple to a horseman. Those who had been redeemed from captivity added to the grandeur of the procession, walking after him with their heads shaven.
And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee.
When Jesus heard this, he wondered at this man's faith. He turned to the people following him, and said: "In truth I say to you, I have not found such faith as this in all Israel!" Then he spoke to the friends of the centurion who had brought the word from him: "Go and say to this man, 'As you have believed in me, so shall it be done to you."
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