Acts 10:1

Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort which is called Italian,

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There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

In Context

2a devout man, fearing God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God continually.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27Then the soldiers of the procurator, taking Jesus up to the praetorium, gathered the entire cohort around him.

Mark 15:16Then the soldiers led him away to the court of the praetorium. And they called together the entire cohort.

John 18:3Then Judas, when he had received a cohort from both the high priests and the attendants of the Pharisees, approached the place with lanterns and torches and weapons.

Acts 8:40Now Philip was found in Azotus. And continuing on, he evangelized all the cities, until he arrived in Caesarea.

Acts 22:25And when they had tied him with straps, Paul said to the centurion who was standing near him, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman and has not been condemned?”

Acts 23:33And when they had arrived at Caesarea and had delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul before him.

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:1

It is a turn very new and remarkable which the story of this chapter gives to the Acts of the apostles; hitherto, both at Jerusalem and every where else where the ministers of Christ came, they preached the gospel only to the Jews, or those Greeks that were circumcised and proselyted to the Jews' religion; but now, "Lo, we turn to the Gentiles;" and to them the door of faith is here opened: good news indeed to us sinners of the Gentiles. The apostle Peter is the man that is first employed to admit uncircumcised… Read the whole commentary →

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