Centurion and jesus aberdare7/25/2023 Until then, Longinus, the Primus Pilus, or senior Centurion of the Legion was to help him maintain a close watch on the situation and hopefully keep the situation from boiling over.Īfter his meeting with Pilate and Bernice, Longinus sat around the tavern in Fortress Antonia with several others of his officers and Centurions from the Legion currently in Jerusalem. His wife warned him in the presence of Longinus “not to have anything to do with that man” and he told Longinus to continue monitoring the situation, He also dispatched a messenger to the commander of the Legion in Caesarea to send reinforcements to Jerusalem just in case things got out of hand. Pilate did not like what was going on but had no contact with any of the religious leaders from any faction since his arrival and was troubled. Pilate was with his wife Bernice when he received the report. When his spy reported back Longinus briefed Pilate of the simmering tensions. Now Longinus and his fellow officers couldn’t care a whit about Jewish religious disputes so long as it did not make their job keeping the peace any more difficult than it already was. Jesus left the Temple at the end of the day without incident but Longinus’ spy indicated that the Priests and other religious authorities were discussing ways by which they might rid themselves of this Galilean would be Messiah. Jesus had returned to Bethany after driving out the money changers and other assorted riff-raff out of the Temple but had returned without the tumult of the preceding day, Instead, Jesus with a number of his disciples went to the Temple where he engaged the people and some of the Pharisees in a time of teaching culminating in a series of what Longinus’ Jewish spy said were comments that could be interpreted as threats against the Temple establishment and veiled allusions to Jesus being the Messiah of the Jews. The day after the entry of this Jesus character into Jerusalem was uneventful for Longinus and his fellow Roman officers. Holy Saturday Special: A Centurion Reflects on a Days WorkĮaster Special: Trouble in River City the Centurion’s Easter: An Empty Tomb, Duplicitous Politicians and a Lingering Question Good Friday Special: The Long Good Friday of Longinus the Centurion This chapter takes up where after the Triumphant Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem.Ī Centurion’s Sunday in Jerusalem: The Story of Longinus Those chapters can be found at the links below: ![]() That series began with a prequel that I published last night as well as three that I published over the last couple of years. This is another in the historical fiction series that I am writing with the Centurion Longinus, who according to tradition was the Centurion at the Cross who put his lance in the side of Jesus and who would exclaim “Surely this was the Son of God” as Jesus breathed his last.
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