Early Church
Peter meets Cornelius
Peter meets Cornelius is dated AD 38. It is told in Acts 10:1–33. Holy Spirit, Simon the Tanner, Simon Peter, Cornelius are part of it.
At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was called the Italian Regiment.
When did it happen?
- Modern reckoning
- AD 38
- Traditional reckoning
- AD 38
Dates before about 900 BC depend on how the Bible's own numbers are added up. Why the two reckonings differ.
Where is it in the Bible?
Who was there, and where?
- Holy Spirit
- Simon the Tanner
- Simon Peter
- Cornelius
Where: Joppa, Caesarea.
Which verses connect to Acts 10:1?
The strongest cross-references of the key verse, ranked by reader votes (OpenBible.info).
- Acts 27:15 votes
When it was decided that we would sail for Italy, Paul and some other prisoners were handed over to a centurion named Julius, who belonged to the Imperial Regiment.
- Matthew 27:274 votes
Then the governor’s soldiers took Jesus into the Praetorium and gathered the whole company around Him.
- Acts 8:404 votes
But Philip appeared at Azotus and traveled through that region, preaching the gospel in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.
- Matthew 8:5–133 votes
When Jesus had entered Capernaum, a centurion came and pleaded with Him, “Lord, my servant lies at home, paralyzed and in terrible agony.” …
- Acts 27:433 votes
But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land.
- Matthew 27:542 votes
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”
Events, people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (Robert Rouse), CC BY-SA 4.0, reshaped; dates also from the sources named on each anchor.