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Julius

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  • Journey to Rome begins · 56 AD
  • Paul's Journey to Rome · 56 AD
  • Paul is shipwrecked by a storm · 57 AD
  • Paul stays at Malta · 57 AD
  • Paul arrives at Rome · 57 AD

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor’s body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul “courteously,” showing in many ways a friendly regard for him.

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 2 verses

Acts
27:1, 27:3

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.