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JULIUS

(Gk. Ioúlios)

The Roman centurion into whose custody Paul was placed for his journey from Caesarea to Rome as a prisoner of Caesar (Acts 27:1). Luke makes special notice of Julius’ kindness to Paul (Acts 27:3, 43). Julius is identified as part of the Augustan (Imperial) division, an honorary title given to various cohorts of auxiliary troops.

The historicity of Julius’ role is sometimes questioned since it is unlikely that a centurion of an auxiliary cohort would have been given charge over such an important prisoner or would have had such authority over the ship. However, Julius could have had special imperial police or envoy status.

Mark L. Strauss






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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