Cornelius' Vision 1

10 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment.





Act 10:1
At Caesarea there was a man—This was the Caesarea formerly called Strato's tower, not Caesarea Philippi; for the former, and not the latter, lay near Joppa:

Named Cornelius—Which was a Roman name, and he himself was a Roman or an Italian:

A centurion in what was known as the Italian Regiment—Which consisted of soldiers collected out of Italy, from whence the regiment took its name, in which Cornelius was a centurion, having a hundred men under him, as the name of his office signifies.

The Italian [Regiment]—A cohort of Italians, as distinguished from native soldiers. That such Italian cohorts served in Syria is proved by an ancient coin, of which a copy will be found in Akerman's 'Numismatic Illustrations of the New Testament;' and one of these might very naturally be stationed at Caesarea, as a body-guard to the Roman procurator who resided there.

Jamieson, Fausset and Brown Commentary

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