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Nowδέthere wasa certainτιςmanἈνὴρinἐνCaesareaΚαισαρείᾳnamedὀνόματιCornelius,Κορνήλιοςa centurionἑκατοντάρχηςofἐκthe cohortσπείρηςcalledτῆς καλουμένηςthe Italian,Ἰταλικῆς
Acts 10:1
Study it in the app“Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italian,”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:1, word by word
- manἈνὴρAnēr
man
An adult male, as distinct from a woman or a child.
Where else “Anēr” appears- CaesareaΚαισαρείᾳKaisareiai
Caesarea
See it on the mapWhere else “Kaisareiai” appears- namedὀνόματιonomati
name
The word by which a person or thing is called, which often says who they are.
Where else “onomati” appears- CorneliusΚορνήλιοςKornēlios
Cornelius
Cornelius, a Roman centurion in Caesarea, one of the first non-Jews to receive the message and be immersed.
Where else “Kornēlios” appears- a centurionἑκατοντάρχηςhekatontarchēs
centurion
Centurion: a Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.
Where else “hekatontarchēs” appears- the cohortσπείρηςspeirēs
cohort
Cohort, a body of about six hundred soldiers.
Where else “speirēs” appears- calledκαλουμένηςkaloumenēs
call
To give someone a name.
Where else “kaloumenēs” appears- the ItalianἸταλικῆςItalikēs
Italian
Italian; "the Italian cohort", a unit of the Roman army.
Where else “Italikēs” appears
Translation note
The centurion was a Roman officer in command of about a hundred soldiers.
Places in this verse
Caesarea
Today: Caesarea Maritima ruins, Israel
A port city on the Mediterranean coast, about 60 miles (100 km) northwest of Jerusalem.
There Peter announced the good news to Cornelius and his household (Acts 10:1-48). Paul was kept prisoner there before being sent to Rome (Acts 23:23; 25:1).
The context
1 · This verse (above)
2devout and fearing God with all his household, giving many alms to the people and praying to God continually.
To study Acts 10 in a group
1. What it says
What vision does Cornelius have, and what vision does Peter have? What are they each asked to do? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Peter says God shows no partiality (vv. 34-35). How did what Peter experienced change what he understood?
3. How I live it
Are there people you tend to keep at a distance? What small step could you take toward one of them?