{"query": "Cornelius the Centurion", "count": 15, "results": [{"id": "card_n_0515a8f681bf", "title": "Easton: Cornelius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A centurion whose history is narrated in Acts 10. He was a “devout man,” and like the centurion of Capernaum, believed in the God of Israel. His residence at Caesrea probably brought him into contact "}, {"id": "card_n_e0d745038e0f", "title": "Easton: Centurion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "A Roman officer in command of a hundred men (Mark 15:39, 44, 45). Cornelius, the first Gentile convert, was a centurion (Acts 10:1, 22). Other centurions are mentioned in Matt. 8:5, 8, 13; Luke 7:2, 6"}, {"id": "card_n_31cca21741a0", "title": "Easton: Caesarea", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "(Palestinae), a city on the shore of the Mediterranean, on the great road from Tyre to Egypt, about 70 miles northwest of Jerusalem, at the northern extremity of the plain of Sharon. It was built by H"}, {"id": "card_n_912488fc2a4c", "title": "Cornelius the Centurion", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Devout Gentile who feared God with all his house; gave much alms and prayed always; sees a vision telling him to send for Peter; calls his kinsmen and near friends to hear what Peter will say; Spirit "}, {"id": "card_n_da50e6c26b71", "title": "The Centurion at the Cross", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Roman officer overseeing the execution; sees how He cries out and gives up the spirit; sees the things that happened — darkness, earthquake, the tearing of the veil reported later; declares: Truly thi"}, {"id": "card_c_8c5712953b99", "title": "Easton: Cornelius cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 10:1 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_64d2ef628e73", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Mark", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Mark 15:39 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_3afb195d97bd", "title": "Easton: Cornelius references Peter", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Mentions Peter (person) — the name appears in the card text; the entry is Easton's Bible Dictionary (public domain), which classifies it as a person."}, {"id": "card_c_98058a2a8deb", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Acts", "shelf": "connections", "surface": null, "snippet": "Cites Acts 10:1; Acts 21:32 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_c_4711e88f7ff5", "title": "Easton: Centurion cites Luke", "shelf": "connections", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Cites Luke 7:2; Luke 23:47 — a chapter:verse reference found in the card text."}, {"id": "card_n_4aa59f2cb382", "title": "Easton: Julius", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The centurion of the Augustan cohort, or the emperor’s body-guard, in whose charge Paul was sent prisoner to Rome (Acts 27:1, 3, 43). He entreated Paul “courteously,” showing in many ways a friendly r"}, {"id": "card_n_f816e9c29cca", "title": "Easton: Conversion", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "The turning of a sinner to God (Acts 15:3). In a general sense the heathen are said to be “converted” when they abandon heathenism and embrace the Christian faith; and in a more special sense men are "}, {"id": "card_n_95cc8f265c1d", "title": "Easton: Knock", "shelf": "dictionary", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "“Though Orientals are very jealous of their privacy, they never knock when about to enter your room, but walk in without warning or ceremony. It is nearly impossible to teach an Arab servant to knock "}, {"id": "card_n_9fab9883e012", "title": "Martyrdom of Polycarp XVIII", "shelf": "patristics", "surface": "witness", "snippet": "The centurion then, seeing the strife excited by the Jews, placed the body in the midst of the fire, and consumed it. Accordingly, we afterwards took up his bones, as being more precious than the most"}, {"id": "card_n_5ac1502e8926", "title": "The Centurion", "shelf": "reference", "surface": "secular", "snippet": "Gentile officer; loves the nation, builds a synagogue; will not ask Jesus to enter under his roof; recognizes authority by analogy to his own; commended for faith not found in Israel.\n\nRestoration pat"}]}