Man living at the time of the New Testament
Cornelius
A centurion of the Italian Regiment in Caesarea, “a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house,” generous to the poor and always praying (Acts 10:1–2). An angel told him to send for Peter, and God showed Peter a vision that prepared him to go. While Peter was preaching in his house, the Holy Spirit fell on the Gentiles who listened, and Peter said, “Can anyone forbid these people from being baptized with water?” (Acts 10:3–48). It opened the church to the Gentiles (Acts 11:1–18).