Acts 10:1 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 10:1

At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Now there was a certain man in Cæsarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

KJV

There was a certain man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

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Commentary

4 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And there was a certain man - The first fruits of the Gentiles, in Cesarea - Where Philip had been before, chap. viii, 40; so that the doctrine of salvation by faith in Jesus was not unknown there. Cesarea was the seat of the civil government, as Jerusalem was of the ecclesiastical. It is observable, that the Gospel made its way first through the metropolitan cities.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

When a Gentile must be pitched upon to receive the gospel first, it is not a Gentile philosopher, much less a Gentile priest (who are bigoted to their notions and worship, and prejudiced against the gospel of Christ), but a Gentile soldier, who is a man of more free thought; and he that truly is so, when the Christian doctrine is fairly set before him, cannot but receive it and bid it welcome.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

In Cesarea - See the notes on Act 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”; that is, one who had renounced idolatry, and who observed some of the Jewish rites, though not circumcised, and not called a Jew. But there is no sufficient evidence of this. The reception of the narrative of I Peter Act 11:1-3 shows that the other apostles regarded him as a Gentile.

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Ἀνὴρ	Anēr	A man	G435 →
δέ	de	now	G1161 →
τις	tis	certain	G5100 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Καισαρείᾳ	Kaisareia	Caesarea	G2542 →
ὀνόματι	onomati	named	G3686 →
Κορνήλιος,	Kornēlios	Cornelius,	G2883 →
ἑκατοντάρχης	hekatontarchēs	[was] a centurion	G1543 →
ἐκ	ek	of	G1537 →
σπείρης	speirēs	[the] Cohort	G4686 →
τῆς	tēs	which	G3588 →
καλουμένης	kaloumenēs	is called	G2564 →
Ἰταλικῆς,	Italikēs	Italian,	G2483 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Acts 27:1
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
leads to
- Acts 25:25
  But I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and since he has now appealed to the Emperor, I decided to send him.
- Acts 25:12
  Then Festus conferred with his council and replied, “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”
- Acts 27:11
  But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
Through
Matthew 27:27
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
leads to
- John 18:28
  Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.
- John 18:33
  Pilate went back into the Praetorium, summoned Jesus, and asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?”
Through
Acts 8:40
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
leads to
- Acts 21:8
  Leaving the next day, we went on to Caesarea and stayed at the home of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the Seven.
- Acts 25:4
  But Festus replied, “Paul is being held in Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.
- Acts 23:23
  Then he called two of his centurions and said, “Prepare two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go to Caesarea in the third hour of the night.