How many times is centurion mentioned in the Bible?
The word centurion appears 20 times in the King James Version, in 20 verses. Counting every form (centurion, centurion's, centurions), it appears 24 times in 24 verses across 4 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses centurion 20 times (24 with every form).
Centurion in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of centurion counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| centurion | 20 | 20 |
| centurion's | 1 | 1 |
| centurions | 3 | 3 |
| Total | 24 | 24 |
First and last mention of centurion
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him,
And when we came to Rome, the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard: but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a soldier that kept him.
Common questions
How many times is centurion in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 0 of the 24 uses are in the Old Testament and 24 in the New Testament. Centurion appears in 4 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Acts has the most (14), then Matthew (4) and Mark (3).
Where is centurion first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is Matthew 8:5: "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him," The last is Acts 28:16.
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Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.