Simon Peter tells of Jesus' ministry and the Resurrection the Holy Spirit descends on everyone at the gathering. Simon Peter raises the centurion and the two men share their visions. When Cornelius meets Simon Peter, he falls at Peter's feet. Peter accompanies Cornelius' men back to Caesarea. When Cornelius' men arrive, Simon Peter understands that through this vision the Lord commanded the Apostle to preach the Word of God to the Gentiles. When he objects to eating those animals that are unclean according to Mosaic Law, the voice tells him not to call unclean that which God has cleansed. In the vision, Simon Peter sees all manner of beasts and fowl being lowered from Heaven in a sheet. The conversion of Cornelius comes after a separate vision given to Simon Peter himself ( Acts 10:10–16). The angel then instructs Cornelius to send the men of his household to Joppa, where they will find Simon Peter, who is residing with a tanner by the name of Simon ( Acts 10:5ff). Cornelius receives a vision in which an angel of God tells him that his prayers have been heard he understands that he has been chosen for a higher alternative.
#ROMAN CENTURION FULL#
He is depicted in the New Testament as a God-fearing man who always prayed and was full of good works and deeds of alms. He was stationed in Caesarea, the capital of Roman Iudaea province. He may have belonged to the gens Cornelia, a prominent Roman family.Ĭornelius was a centurion in the Cohors II Italica Civium Romanorum, mentioned as Cohors Italica in the Vulgate. The baptism of Cornelius is an important event in the history of the early Christian church. Peter Baptizing the Centurion Cornelius, by Francesco Trevisani, 1709Ģ0 October, 2 February, 4 February, 7 February, 13 SeptemberĬornelius ( Greek: Κορνήλιος, romanized: Kornélios Latin: Cornelius) 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).
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