When Cornelius' men arrive, Peter realizes that the vision he received referred to the Roman centurion and all other gentiles who wish to convert to the Church. He accompanies Cornelius' men back ...

The Roman centurion, overwhelmed at the sight of Peter, fell to the apostle’s feet. The astonished Peter insisted that Cornelius rise, not wanting to be treated as if divine.

His name is quintessentially Roman and he is “a centurion of the Italian Cohort” (Acts 10:1). As the “Commentary on Acts” in The Oxford Bible Commentary .

The Centurion. We join a Roman centurion on one night of his life, as he describes his work repairing Hadrian's Wall. Cornelius is 39 years old and has 80 soldiers under his command, who are now ...