St. Longinus Roman centurion

St. Longinus pierced the side of the Lord with his lance:  “One of the soldiers thrust a lance into His side, and immediately blood and water flowed out” (John 19:34).

What affiction or condition of the centurion was healed when Yeshua blood splashed on him?

Longinus was a Roman soldier whose one eye was blind. Before the body of Jesus was taken down from the cross, Longinus thrusted a spear on His side and came forth blood and water. A drop of blood spurted in the blind eye of Longinus, miraculously curing him of his blindness.

Why did water and blood come out of Yeshua?

When they came to check on Yeshua, He was already dead so they did not break His legs (Numbers 9:11-13, Psalms 34:20, Psalms 22, (John 19:33). Instead, the soldiers pierced His side (John 19:34) to assure (made sure) that He was dead. Isaiah 52:13-53:12 prophesied fulfillment that “blood and water came out” (John 19:34), referring to the watery fluid surrounding the heart and lungs.

DID YOU KNOW?

THE ROMAN SOLDIER WHO PIERCED THE SIDE OF JESUS CONVERTED AND BECAME A SAINT?

St. Longinus is the centurion who pierced the side of Our Lord while He was hanging on the Cross. St. Longinus, who was nearly blind, was healed when some of the blood and water from Jesus fell into his eyes. It was then he exclaimed “Indeed, this was the Son of God!” [Mark 15:39].

St. Longinus then converted, Left the army, took instruction from the apostles and became a monk in Cappadocia. There he was arrested for his faith, his teeth forced out and tongue cut off. However, St. Longinus miraculously continued to speak clearly and managed to destroy several idols in the presence of the governor. The governor, who was made blind by the demons that came from the idols, had his sight restored when St. Longinus was being beheaded, because his blood came in contact with the governors’ eyes.

St. Longinus’ relics are now in the church of St Augustine, in Rome. His Lance is contained in one of the four pillars over the altar in the Basilica of St Peter’s in Rome.

Behold the blood of Yeshua, who was the High Priest (Cohen HaGadol) of the Brit Chadasha (Renewed Covenant), was also sprinkled before YHWH eight times:

1. Yeshua perspired drops of blood in the Garden of Gethsemane when He prayed to the Father:  “And being in anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.”  (Luke 22:44)
2. He was struck in the face until it was “marred beyond recognition.”  (Isaiah 52:14)
3. His back was scourged with a whip.  (Isaiah 50:6; Matthew 27:26)
4. The soldiers put a crown of thorns on His head.  (John 19:2)
5. They plucked out His beard.  (Isaiah 50:6)
6. They pierced His hands and feet.  (Psalm 22:16; Luke 24:39; John 20:27)
7. They pierced His side with a spear and blood and water came out. (Psalm 22:14, John 19:34)
8. Mark 15:39 When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”