This is the name of Cornelius: Centurion, first Gentile convert to Christianity.
Definition
Κορνήλιος, -ου, ὁ (Lat.)
Cornelius: Acts 10:1 ff.
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Occurrences
8 total
- Acts 10:1Κορνήλιος · CorneliusAt Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
- Acts 10:3Κορνήλιε · CorneliusOne day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”
- Acts 10:17Κορνηλίου · CorneliusWhile Peter was puzzling over the meaning of the vision, the men sent by Cornelius found Simon’s house and approached the gate.
- Acts 10:22Κορνήλιος · Cornelius“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.”
- Acts 10:24Κορνήλιος · CorneliusThe following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
- Acts 10:25Κορνήλιος · CorneliusAs Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
- Acts 10:30Κορνήλιος · CorneliusCornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
- Acts 10:31Κορνήλιε · Cornelius…and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.