Acts 10:1

Cornelius Has a Vision

1 Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea {named} Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort,

Acts 10:1 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:1

There was a certain man in Caesarea
This was the Caesarea formerly called Strato's tower, not Caesarea Philippi; for the former, and not the latter, lay near Joppa:

called Cornelius;
which was a Roman name, and he himself was a Roman or an Italian:

a centurion of the band called the Italian band;
which consisted of soldiers collected out of Italy, from whence the band took its name, in which Cornelius was a centurion, having a hundred men under him, as the name of his office signifies.

Acts 10:1 In-Context

1 Now [there was] a certain man in Caesarea {named} Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Cohort,

2 devout and fearing God together with all his household, doing many charitable deeds for the people and praying to God {continually}.

3 About the ninth hour of the day, he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming to him and saying to him, "Cornelius."

4 And he stared at him and became terrified [and] said, "What is [it], Lord?" And he said to him, "Your prayers and your charitable deeds have gone up for a memorial offering before God.

5 And now, send men to Joppa and summon a certain Simon, who is also called Peter.

Footnotes

• [a] Literally "by name"