1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,
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And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band.
And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, …
But Philip was found at Azotus: and passing through he preached in all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.
Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose; and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land:
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise ( Eph. 3:3 , 6 ), that it concerns us carefully to observe all the circumstances of the beginning of this great work, this part of the mystery of godliness—…
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