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The New Testament specifically tells of at least three centurions who believed in Jesus.

One in Capernaum, whose servant Jesus healed (Matthew 8, Luke 7).

One at the crucifixion (Matt. 27:54; Mark 15:39; Luke 23:47).

Cornelius of Caesarea, the first Gentile convert to the gospel (Acts 10).

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A:There are several references to centurions in the gospels. The most relevant is the centurion who is said to have exclaimed, "Truly this man was the Son of God," when Jesus died (Mark 15:39). In Mark's Gospel, Jesus referred to himself as the Son of Man, and Peter called him the Christ ('anointed one'). To have called Jesus the Son of God might have been considered blasphemous when Mark was written, but the demons and the centurion, as outsiders, could call do so because their statements would not bring the Christian community into disrepute. Perhaps fifteen years later, Matthew's Gospel could use the term Son of God quite freely.
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