NEW TESTAMENT

Acts 10:1

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Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of what was called the Italian Regiment,

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Verse 1. A cohort, with the Romans, was a body of infantry 500 strong. There were ten cohorts in each legion. There were, generally speaking, two centurions appointed to the command of each cohort. V.

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