Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III
He saw therefore, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying, Thine alms are come up for a memorial before God. Wherefore send to Simon, who is called Peter."[189]
CHAPTER X. _An angel appears to Cornelius, a centurion, and directs him to_ _send to Joppa, for Peter, to instruct him in the way of_ _salvation_, 1-6. _He sends accordingly_, 7, 8. _While the me...
IN CESAREA - See the notes on Acts 8:40. CORNELIUS - This is a Latin name, and shows that the man was doubtless a Roman. It has been supposed by many interpreters that he was “a proselyte of the gate”...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Cornelius of Caesarea and his Preparation (Acts 10:1)._ 2. The Trance-vision of Peter (Acts 10:9). 3. Peter with Cornelius at Caesarea (Acts 10:17). 4. Peter Preaching to the Gentil...
ACTS 10. THE CONVERSION OF CORNELIUS. This incident is parallel to the conversion of the Ethiopian by Philip; both show the extension of the Gospel beyond the Jews, and prepare for the story of the Pa...
There was a man in Caesarea called Cornelius. He was a centurion in the battalion called the Italian battalion. He was a devout man and a God-fearer with all his household. He did many an act of chari...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
CERTAIN. Greek. _tis._ App-123. CAESAREA. See note on Acts 8:40. CALLED. by name. CENTURION. a captain over. hundred men. Greek. _hekatontarchos._ Occurs elsewhere, Acts 10:22; Acts 24:23;...
_There was a certain man in Cesarea_ The oldest MSS. omit the verb _was_here, and make the sentence read, "Now a certain man in Cæsarea … a devout man … which gave much alms … saw in a vision, &c." Cæ...
Acts 10:1. Cornelius is divinely warned to send for Peter St Luke now brings to our notice the circumstances which attended the first preaching of the gospel to the Gentiles. The Apostles, though inf...
Acts 10:1-8. CORNELIUS IS DIVINELY WARNED TO SEND FOR PETER...
ἦν omitted with אABCEL. _Vulg_. has ‘erat.’ 1. St Luke now brings to our notice the circumstances which attended the first preaching of the Gospel to the Gentiles. The Apostles, though informed by Chr...
_CORNELIUS, A GOOD MORAL MAN ACTS 10:1-8:_ In Acts chapter ten we meet a man named Cornelius, who was a captain of a group of soldiers called "The Italian Band." He lived in Caesarea. Cornelius was Ro...
ΈΚΑΤΟΝΤΆΡΧΗΣ (G1543) центурион (_см._ Т. R. S. Broughton, "The Roman Army" ВС, 5:427-45; TJ, 101; HK, 60-69; Brian Dobson, "The Significance of the Centurion and 'Primipilaris' in the Roman Army and A...
CORNELIUS, A CENTURION, &C.— A Roman _cohort_ or _band_ was a company of soldiers commanded by a tribune, consisting generally of about a thousand. It is probable that this was called _the Italian coh...
IN CAESAREA, Acts 10:1-48. a. Cornelius and his vision. Acts 10:1-8. Acts 10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,...
X: 1, 2. The scene changes from Joppa to Cæsarea, about thirty miles northward along the Mediterranean shore; and we are introduced to another case for conversion, a Gentile and a soldier. (1) “_There...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, We here enter on an entirely new phase of the Christian Church, the "opening of the door of fa...
30 Other details of Paul's stay in Jerusalem (not pertinent in this treatise) are interesting. Not only did the brethren lead him away, but the Lord Himself warned him to flee. While he was praying in...
PETER AND THE GENTILES 1-48. Conversion of Cornelius. The baptism of Cornelius was an event of farreaching importance, and is, therefore, described by St. Luke in great detail. If it was not the first...
CÆSAREA] built by Herod the Great on the site of an insignificant town called Strato's Tower, and renamed Caesarea Augusta in honour of his patron Augustus. There was a theatre, an amphitheatre, a roy...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 10 CORNELIUS THE SOLDIER, 10:1-8 V1 There was a man called Cornelius in Caesarea. He was a captain in the *Roman army. He was the captain of a...
X. (1) THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN CÆSAREA. — We enter on a new stage of expansion in the Church’s growth, the full details of which St. Luke may have learnt either from Philip the Evangelist during hi...
ἀνήρ τις : on the expression see Ramsay, _St. Paul_, p. 202. ἐν Κ., see Acts 8:40....
GUIDANCE FOR MEN WHO PRAY Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blooded G...
The story of Cornelius is remarkable. In himself, as Luke tells us, he was "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." This m...
A God Fearing Gentile Is Directed to Seek the Truth The city of Caesarea, according to Ash, was "an important seaport and the center of the Roman government and militia for the area. Both Greeks and J...
There (1) was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian [band], (1) Peter consecrates the first fruits of the Gentiles to God by the means of two miracles...
A cohort, with the Romans, was a body of infantry 500 strong. There were ten cohorts in each legion. There were, generally speaking, two centurions appointed to the command of each cohort. (Bible de V...
SANCTIFICATION OF CORNELIUS 1-48. Cornelius was a noted Roman officer living at Caesarea, the seat of the imperial government in Judea. The Holy Ghost pronounces him _Eusebees_, _i. e_., godly, and ce...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,...
CONTENTS Cornelius, taught by an Angel, sendeth for Peter. The Apostle is at the same time, taught by a Vision to obey the Call. He preacheth before Cornelius and his Household, and God the Holy Ghos...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
1.Luke passeth over now unto a worthy (643) history, to wit, that God vouchsafeth to advance a stranger, and one uncircumcised, unto singular honor above all the Jews, because he doth both send his an...
The undiminished power of Peter, his apostolic authority, in the midst of which the entrance of Cornelius into the spiritual house of God takes place, in connection with Peter's ministry, and that, af...
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...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian _band_, Ver. 1. _A centurion of the band_] He might well have been a commander in the thundering legio...
_There was a certain man in Cesarea_ That is, Cesarea of Palestine, (of which see note on Acts 8:40,) where Philip had been and preached before, and where, therefore, the doctrine of salvation by fait...
CESAREA; chap Acts 8:40. CENTURION; captain of a hundred men. He was a Gentile and uncircumcised, chap, Acts 11:3, but a sincere worshipper of God. ITALIAN BAND; a band of Roman soldiers from Italy....
CORNELIUS THE CENTURION. The vision of Cornelius:...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN CAESAREA CALLED CORNELIUS, A CENTURION OF THE BAND CALLED THE ITALIAN BAND,...
Gentiles also must now hear the gospel. The heart of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, had been already prepared by God, having a wholesome, genuine fear of God that proved itself in kind works toward the...
THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN IN CAESAREA CALLED CORNELIUS, A CENTURION OF WHAT WAS CALLED THE ITALIAN REGIMENT, 1. We are now introduced to a man who is not a Jew. All converts to this point have been Jew...
"Now there was. certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name,. centurion of the band called the Italian band"Caesarea" "A garrison city named after Augustus Caesar, the administrative capital of the pro...
1-8 Hitherto none had been baptized into the Christian church but Jews, Samaritans, and those converts who had been circumcised and observed the ceremonial law; but now the Gentiles were to be called...
ACTS CHAPTER 10 ACTS 10:1 Cornelius, a devout centurion, being commanded by an angel, sendeth for Peter, ACTS 10:9 who in the mean time is prepared by a heavenly vision, ACTS 10:17 and, receiving a co...
X: 1, 2. The scene changes from Joppa to Cæsarea, about thirty miles northward along the Mediterranean shore; and we are introduced to another case for conversion, a Gentile and a soldier. (1) “_ Ther...
Acts 10:1 G1161 was G2258 (G5713) certain G5100 man G435 in G1722 Caesarea G2542 called G3686 Cornelius...
‘And there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people,...
_Cæsarea_ _and Cornelius,_ 1, 2. Acts 10:1. THERE WAS A CERTAIN MAN. In the Authorised Version there is no equivalent to the little particle δὶ but this little particle is not without its importance....
CORNELIUS (Κορνηλιος). The great Cornelian family of Rome may have had a freedman or descendant who isCENTURION (εκατον-ταρχης, leader of a hundred, Latin _centurio_). See on Matthew 8:5. These Ro...
CONTENTS: Peter opens the gospel door to the Gentiles. Cornelius sends for Peter and Peter goes to Caesarea. Peter's sermon to Gentiles in Cornelius' house. Holy Spirit comes upon Gentile believers....
Acts 10:1. _Cornelius, a centurion._ The person to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel is described by name, Cornelius. By his occupation, a soldier. By his religion, a proselyte or converted...
THERE WAS A MAN IN CAESAREA NAMED CORNELIUS. Caesarea was the chief seaport of Palestine, also the Roman capital and military headquarters. Cornelius was one of several Gentile captains spoken of favo...
_There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion._ PETER’S VISION The record of the advance of the young Church gives in quick succession three typical conversions: first, that of t...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:1 CORNELIUS resided at CAESAREA (see note on 8:40). He was a CENTURION, a commander of 100 men. A Cohort
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
EXPOSITION ACTS 10:1 Now _there was _(two last words in italics) for _there was _(in roman), A.V. and T.R.; _Cornelius by name _for _called Cornelius, _A.V. A glance at the map will show that Caesare...
In the first chapter of Acts, Jesus said to His disciples, "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Ju...
Acts 21:8; Acts 22:25; Acts 23:23; Acts 23:33; Acts 25:1;...
Centurion. See on Luke 7:2. Band [σ π ε ι ρ η ς]. See on Mark 14:16. Italian. Probably because consisting of Roman soldiers, and not of natives of the country....
THE STORY OF CORNELIUS Acts 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of the far-flu...
And there was a certain man — The first fruits of the Gentiles, in Cesarea — Where Philip had been before, Acts 8:40; so that the doctrine of salvation by faith in Jesus was not unknown there. Cesarea...
Observe here, 1. The person described to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel: by his name, Cornelius: by his occupation,. soldier; by his religion,. proselyte or converted Gentile, of which th...