In Caesarea there lived a Roman army officer named Cornelius, who was a captain of the Italian Regiment.
Parallel translations
- WEB Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- KJV There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
- BSB At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- NKJV There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,
- NASB Now there was a man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of what was called the Italian cohort,
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Quick answer
In Caesarea lived Cornelius, a Roman centurion of the Italian Regiment. A Gentile soldier is about to become a landmark in salvation history.
Overview
Luke introduces Cornelius, an officer of the occupying Roman army, as the focus of a pivotal episode. His standing as a Gentile makes him an unlikely candidate for inclusion in God's people by Jewish expectation. His story will mark the gospel's decisive opening to the nations.
Cross-references & the web
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- Acts 27:1When it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius, of the Augustan band.
- Matt 27:27Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium, and gathered the whole garrison together against him.
- Acts 8:40But Philip was found at Azotus. Passing through, he preached the Good News to all the cities, until he came to Caesarea.
- Acts 27:43But the centurion, desiring to save Paul, stopped them from their purpose, and commanded that those who could swim should throw themselves overboard first to go toward the land;
- Matt 8:5–13When he came into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, asking him,
- John 18:3Judas then, having taken a detachment of soldiers and officers from the chief priests and the Pharisees, came there with lanterns, torches, and weapons.
- Acts 25:1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
- Matt 27:54Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
- Acts 23:33When they came to Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, they also presented Paul to him.
- Acts 22:25When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, “Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?”
- Acts 27:31Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, “Unless these stay in the ship, you can’t be saved.”
- Acts 25:13Now when some days had passed, King Agrippa and Bernice arrived at Caesarea, and greeted Festus.
- Mark 15:16The soldiers led him away within the court, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
- John 18:12So the detachment, the commanding officer, and the officers of the Jews, seized Jesus and bound him,
- Acts 23:23He called to himself two of the centurions, and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers to go as far as Caesarea, with seventy horsemen, and two hundred men armed with spears, at the third hour of the night.”
- Acts 21:8On the next day, we, who were Paul’s companions, departed, and came to Caesarea. We entered into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him.
- Luke 7:2A certain centurion’s servant, who was dear to him, was sick and at the point of death.
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