Acts 10:25
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.
Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain
- WHERE
- Caesarea
- WHEN
- c. AD 40-44
ON THE MAP
WHEN
c. AD 40-44
counted from the text
Cornelius, and the church ceasing to be only Jewish.
WHO RULED
- Caligula emperor of Rome AD 37-41
- Claudius emperor of Rome AD 41-54
- Herod Agrippa I king of Judea AD 41-44
MEANWHILE
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AD 41 Italy
Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power
The order to set up the emperor's statue in the Temple in Jerusalem dies with him.
SOURCES
- date — Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.
- Caligula — Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- Claudius — Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- Herod Agrippa I — Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44
- Caligula is assassinated and Claudius takes power — Suetonius, Caligula 58 and Claudius 10; Josephus, Antiquities XIX
WHAT HAPPENED
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Cornelius receives the Spirit AD 40 (approximate date)
A Roman officer and his household receive the Spirit before any Jewish rite. It is the decision the church spends the next chapters trying to understand.
SEE ALSO
- Revelation 19:10 So I fell at his feet to worship him. But he told me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who rely on the testimony of Jesus. Worship God! For the…
- Revelation 22:8-9 And I am John, who heard and saw these things. And when I had heard and seen them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who had shown me these things. …
- Matthew 8:2 Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”
- Daniel 2:46 At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.
- Daniel 2:30 And to me this mystery has been revealed, not because I have more wisdom than any man alive, but in order that the interpretation might be made known to the king, and that you may…
- Acts 14:11-13 When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!” …
Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0
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