Cornelius

Mentioned in AD 41 traditional (Jones)

A centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel.

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Tagged in: 10 verses

Mentioned in the era of the New Testament, 4 BC to AD 100.
Named in the same verses as Simon and Simon.

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

Two generations up and the children. Gold lines join partners; grey lines run from parent to child; a dotted line marks a parent named in the text but not by descent.

Stories

1 event in which Cornelius takes part, in order of the traditional chronology. Years are traditional (Jones).

AD 38Peter meets CorneliusActs 10:1-33

Places

Places named in the same verses as Cornelius, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

likely location: Caesarea2

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, AD 16–66, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

10 tagged verses in 1 book. Select a book to read its verses.

Acts10

The name in each translation

Text	Occurrences of each name
BSB	Cornelius 10
KJV	Cornelius 10
ASV	Cornelius 8

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Every verse

All 10 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

Acts10 verses

10:1
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
10:3
One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
10:7
When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
10:17
While Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
10:21
So Peter went down to the men and said, “Here am I, the one you are looking for. Why have you come?”
10:22
“Cornelius the centurion has sent us,” they said. “He is a righteous and God-fearing man with a good reputation among the whole Jewish nation. A holy angel instructed him to request your presence in his home so he could hear a message from you.”
10:24
The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
10:25
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
10:30
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
10:31
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

A centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel. His residence at Caesrea probably brought him into contact with Jews who communicated to him their expectations regarding the Messiah; and thus he was prepared to welcome the message Peter brought him. He became the first fruit of the Gentile world to Christ. He and his family were baptized and admitted into the Christian church (Acts 10:1, 44-48).