Now Jesus, lifted by the Cross, broke the power of sin. So he declared, “It is finished!” And the Roman centurion responded, “Truly this man was the Son of God!” ...

From the Gospel according to Matthew 27:54-55:When the centurion and those who were with him, keeping watch over Jesus, saw the earthquake and what took place, they were filled with awe, and said ...

Then Jesus said to the centurion, “Go your way; and as you have believed, so let it be done for you.” So much is said here ...

Find today’s readings here. “When Jesus heard this, he was amazed.” (Mt 8:10) The author of Luke’s Gospel clearly had a thing for amazement. Thaumazo, the Greek word roughly meaning being ...

The crucifixion of Jesus had very clearly pulled, ever so strongly at that, on the hitherto cloistered stony heartstrings of a time-tested warrior. In the Gospel of Matthew, we find the Centurion’s ...

It happens in Luke 7. Jesus, minding his own business, meets a group of his countrymen, sent to him by a Roman military officer who has asked them to ask Jesus to help a beloved, dying servant of his.

From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20:Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth, the King of the Jews". Many of the Jews read this title, for the place ...

Note how Jesus not only readily healed the Roman centurion’s servant (8:7, 13), but also “marveled” at his faith and commended it as superior to the faith of anyone “in Israel” (8:10).

Since 1997, Compassion Christian Church has guided travelers through the story of the birth of Jesus. "The Journey" has come a long way from the humble beginnings where participants went room to ...