Acts 10:1

In Caesarea lived a man named Cornelius who was a Roman centurion of the Italian battalion.

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

In Context

2He was a religious man who, together with everyone in his household, had great reverence for God. He gave generously to the poor, and prayed regularly to God.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27The governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and the whole battalion surrounded him.

Mark 15:16The soldiers took him away into the Praetorium courtyard, where they called out the whole battalion.

John 18:3So Judas took with him a troop of soldiers together with guards from the chief priests and the Pharisees. They arrived there carrying torches, lanterns, and weapons.

Acts 8:40He spread the good news in all the towns along the way until he arrived at Caesarea.

Acts 22:25As they stretched him out and tied him down to flog him, Paul asked the centurion standing there, “Is it legal to flog a Roman citizen who hasn't had a trial?”

Acts 23:33When the cavalry arrived at Caesarea they delivered the letter to the governor and brought 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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