Righteous (δικαιος). In the Jewish sense as in Lu 1:6; 2:25.

Well reported of (μαρτυρουμενος). Present pas…

To hear words of thee. To be instructed by you.

Cornelius the centurion.—The description seems to imply that the name of the soldier-convert was not altogether unknown at Joppa. …

(21–23a) In response to the Spirit’s urging, and probably by means of an outside stairway, Peter went down to meet the messengers. After he identif…

Cornelius, a just man. Cornelius’s servants commend their master not ambitiously, or so that they might flatter him, but so that Peter mig…

And they said, Cornelius, the centurion
A certain person, by name Cornelius, a Roman or Italian, as his name shows, …

When we see our call to any service as clear, we should not be perplexed by doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas.

Cor…