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Cornelius (Greek: Κορνήλιος, romanized: Kornḗlios; Latin: Cornelius; fl. 1st century AD) was a Roman centurion who is considered by some Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the faith, as related in Acts of the Apostles (see Ethiopian eunuch for the competing tradition). The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in ...
Unaware of the vision received by Cornelius, Peter was still up on the roof-top, puzzling over the meaning of the vision he had just seen (10:17,19), when the emissaries of Cornelius knocked at the door downstairs. [6] The Spirit's "direct intervention" leads Peter to go downstairs to meet them (verse 19). Peter, directed that "I have sent them ...
A cohort based in Caesarea is referred to in the Acts of the Apostles (Ancient Greek: σπείρης τῆς καλουμένης Ἰταλικῆς, "of the cohort called Italian", in Acts 10:1, translated as the Italian band in the King James Version, or the Italian Regiment in the Good News Translation and World English Bible), and is associated with Cornelius the Centurion, the first ...
Cornelius of Antioch (also romanized as Korneilos) was the bishop of Antioch between 127 and 151 AD [1] or 154 AD, [2] successor of Saint Herodian as bishop according to Eusebius of Caesarea. [3] He was the first Christian leader with an aristocratic Roman name. Little is known about his deeds and life. [citation needed]
Or as Cornelius a Lapide puts it, it is as if Christ had said, "for I will make you the rock of the Church, so that on you and your faith, and your government, the fabric of My Church may rest securely as upon a most solid foundation of rock". [1] There are echoes of Abraham receiving his name in Genesis 17:5 as well. [2]
It would also be the only miracle story that originated in Q. One possibility is that only the dialogue was in Q, and both Matthew and Luke added the background details from a shared oral history. [3] The Gospel of John does narrate the account of Jesus healing the son of a royal official at Capernaum at a distance in John 4:46–54.
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Cornelius (name), Roman family name and a masculine given name; Cornelius the Centurion, Roman centurion considered by Christians to be the first Gentile to convert to the Christian faith; Pope Cornelius, pope from AD 251 to 253; St. Cornelius (disambiguation), multiple saints; Cornelius (musician), stage name of Keigo Oyamada