Acts 10:1

Now a Captain of the Italian Regiment, named Cornelius, was quartered at Caesarea.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 religious and God-fearing--and so was every member of his household. He was also liberal in his charities to the people, and continually offered prayer to God.

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Cross References

Matthew 27:27Then the Governor's soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and called together the whole battalion to make sport of Him.

Mark 15:16Then the soldiers led Him away into the court of the Palace (the Praetorium), and calling together the whole battalion

John 18:3So Judas, followed by the battalion and by a detachment of the Temple police sent by the High Priests and Pharisees, came there with torches and lamps and weapons.

Acts 8:40but Philip found himself at Ashdod. Then visiting town after town he everywhere made known the Good News until he reached Caesarea.

Acts 22:25But, when they had tied him up with the straps, Paul said to the Captain who stood by, "Does the Law permit you to flog a Roman citizen--and one too who is uncondemned?"

Acts 23:33and, the cavalry having reached Caesarea and delivered the letter to the Governor, they brought Paul also to 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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