Acts 10:1

Ther was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius a captayne of the soudiers of Italy

Tyndale New Testament

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

2a devoute man and one that feared God with all his housholde which gave moche almes to the people and prayde God alwaye.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27Then the soudeours of the debite toke Iesus vnto the comen hall and gaddered vnto him all the company.

Mark 15:16And the souddeers ledde him awaye into the commen hall and called togedder the whoole multitude

John 18:3Iudas then after he had receaved abonde of men and ministres of the hye Prestes and Pharises came thyther with lanterns and fyerbrondes and wepens.

Acts 8:40but Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked thorow out the countre preachynge in their cities tyll he came to Cesarea.

Acts 22:25And as they bounde him with thonges Paul sayde vnto the Centurion that stode by: Ys it laufull for you to scourge a man that is a Romain and vncondempned?

Acts 23:33Which when they cam to Cesarea they delivered the epistle to the debite and 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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