Acts 10:1

Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

2He was a devout man who feared God along with his entire household; he gave generously to those in need and always prayed to God.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27Then the governor's soldiers took Jesus with them into the governor's headquarters and gathered against him the entire cohort of soldiers.

Mark 15:16So the soldiers led him away into the palace (that is, the governor's headquarters) and called together the entire cohort of soldiers.

John 18:3So Judas took a cohort of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, and they went there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.

Acts 8:40Philip, however, found himself at Azotus, and as he passed through that region, he preached the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

Acts 22:25But as one of the soldiers was stretching Paul out with the straps, Paul said to the centurion standing nearby, “Is it lawful for you to whip a Roman citizen without a proper trial?”

Acts 23:33When the horsemen came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they presented Paul to him as well.

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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