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Acts 10

Acts 10:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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There
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
was
en (Greek #2258)
I (thou, etc.) was (wast or were)
KJV usage: + agree, be, X have (+ charge of), hold, use, was(-t), were.
Pronounce: ane
Origin: imperfect of 1510
a certain
tis (Greek #5100)
some or any person or object
KJV usage: a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (X thing), ought, + partly, some (man, -body, - thing, -what), (+ that no-)thing, what(-soever), X wherewith, whom(-soever), whose(-soever).
Pronounce: tis
Origin: an enclitic indefinite pronoun
man
aner (Greek #435)
a man (properly as an individual male)
KJV usage: fellow, husband, man, sir.
Pronounce: an'-ayr
Origin: a primary word (compare 444)
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
Pronounce: en
Origin: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537)
Caesarea
Kaisereia (Greek #2542)
Caesaria, the name of two places in Palestine
KJV usage: Caesarea.
Pronounce: kahee-sar'-i-a
Origin: from 2541
called
onoma (Greek #3686)
a "name" (literally or figuratively) (authority, character)
KJV usage: called, (+ sur-)name(-d).
Pronounce: on'-om-ah
Origin: from a presumed derivative of the base of 1097 (compare 3685)
Cornelius
Kornelios (Greek #2883)
Cornelius, a Roman
KJV usage: Cornelius.
Pronounce: kor-nay'-lee-os
Origin: of Latin origin
, a centurion
hekatontarches (Greek #1543)
the captain of one hundred men
KJV usage: centurion.
Pronounce: hek-at-on-tar'-khace
Origin: or ἑκατόνταρχος (hek-at-on'-tar-khos) from 1540 and 757
of
ek (Greek #1537)
or ἐξ (ex) a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause; literal or figurative; direct or remote)
KJV usage: after, among, X are, at, betwixt(-yond), by (the means of), exceedingly, (+ abundantly above), for(- th), from (among, forth, up), + grudgingly, + heartily, X heavenly, X hereby, + very highly, in, ...ly, (because, by reason) of, off (from), on, out among (from, of), over, since, X thenceforth, through, X unto, X vehemently, with(-out). Often used in composition, with the same general import; often of completion.
Pronounce: ek
the band
speira (Greek #4686)
a coil (spira, "spire"), i.e. (figuratively) a mass of men (a Roman military cohort; also (by analogy) a squad of Levitical janitors)
KJV usage: band.
Pronounce: spi'-rah
Origin: of immediate Latin origin, but ultimately a derivative of 138 in the sense of its cognate 1507
called
kaleo (Greek #2564)
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
KJV usage: bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Pronounce: kal-eh'-o
Origin: akin to the base of 2753
the Italian
Italikos (Greek #2483)
Italic, i.e. belonging to Italia
KJV usage: Italian.
Pronounce: ee-tal-ee-kos'
Origin: from 2482
band,

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Band,
Caesarea,
centurion,
Cornelius,
Italian Band

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-10:  Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,
11-16:  who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;
17-24:  and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.
25-33:  Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.
34-43:  As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
44-48:  the Holy Ghost falls on them, and they are baptized.
Cir. A.M. 4045.
A.D. 41.
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Acts 8:40• 40But Philip was found at Azotus, and passing through he evangelized all the cities till he came to Caesarea. (Acts 8:40)
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Acts 21:8• 8And on the morrow we departed and came unto Caesarea; and entering into the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, we abode with him. (Acts 21:8)
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Acts 23:23,33• 23And he called unto him some two of the centurions, and said, Make ready two hundred soldiers, that they may go as far as Caesarea, and seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen, at the third hour of the night.
 33and they, when they entered into Caesarea and delivered the letter to the governor, presented Paul also to him. (Acts 23:23,33)
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Acts 25:1,13• 1Festus therefore, having come into the province, after three days went up to Jerusalem from Caesarea.
 13Now when certain days passed, Agrippa the king and Bernice arrived at Caesarea to salute Festus. (Acts 25:1,13)
a centurion.
Acts 22:25• 25And when they had tied him up with the thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful to scourge a man that is a Roman and uncondemned? (Acts 22:25)
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Acts 27:1,31,43• 1And when it was determined that we should sail away for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius of an Augustan cohort.
 31Paul said to the centurions and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved.
 43but the centurion, wishing to save Paul, hindered them from their purpose, and commanded those able to swim to cast themselves off first and go to land; (Acts 27:1,31,43)
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Matt. 8:5‑13• 5{i}And when he had entered into Capernaum, a centurion came to him, beseeching him,{/i}
 6{i}and saying, Lord, my servant lies paralytic in the house, suffering grievously.{/i}
 7{i}And Jesus says to him, I will come and heal him.{/i}
 8{i}And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that thou shouldest enter under my roof; but only speak a word, and my servant shall be healed.{/i}
 9{i}For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this [one], Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.{/i}
 10{i}And when Jesus heard it, he wondered, and said to those who followed, Verily I say unto you, Not even in Israel have I found so great faith.{/i}
 11{i}But I say unto you, that many shall come from [the] rising and setting [sun], and shall lie down at table with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens;{/i}
 12{i}but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast out into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.{/i}
 13{i}And Jesus said to the centurion, Go, and as thou hast believed, be it to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.{/i} (Matt. 8:5‑13)
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Matt. 27:54• 54{i}But the centurion, and they who were with him on guard over Jesus, seeing the earthquake and the things that took place, feared greatly, saying, Truly this [man] was Son of God.{/i} (Matt. 27:54)
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Luke 7:2• 2{i}And{/i} a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die; (Luke 7:2)
Italian.The Italian band, or rather cohort, [speira ,] (a regiment sometimes consisting of from 555 to 1,105 infantry), is not unknown to the Roman writers, (See Tacitus;) and Gruter gives an inscription in which it is mentioned, which was found in the Forum Sempronii, on a fine marble table.
Acts 27:1• 1And when it was determined that we should sail away for Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners to a centurion named Julius of an Augustan cohort. (Acts 27:1)
• We have here {in Acts 10} four distinct points: {v.2} the conversion of the soul by grace (Cornelius was already converted, and his prayers and alms accepted by God); {v.43} then the testimony of the remission of his sins by faith in Jesus, the victim by whom propitiation was made for us on the cross; {v.44} then the seal of God in the gift of the Holy Spirit; {v.48} and, finally, the formal reception among the Christians. This order is not that which is found elsewhere; because God was here showing that it was His will that the Gentiles should be received. But it is important to distinguish the four things, and to observe the true force of each of them. (“Meditations on Acts 10” by J.N. Darby)
• The apostle of the circumcision must now openly act on the grand principle of Christianity which knows no distinction between Jew or Greek. (“Acts 10:1-16” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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But a certain man in Caesarea,—by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italic,

W. Kelly Translation

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Now a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of a cohort that was called Italian,