A name from Scripture
Cornelius
kor-NEEL-yus
Meaning
Horn; Strong
Latin origin · Boy · First in Acts
What it points to
Cornelius proves that God responds to sincere seekers everywhere — devotion and generosity from any nation catch heaven's attention.
Verses · King James Version
“A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.”
Acts 10:2
“While Peter yet spake these words, the Holy Ghost fell on all them which heard the word. And they of the circumcision which believed were astonished.”
Acts 10:44-45