Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
ACCESSION AND BAPTISM OF CORNELIUS AND HIS PARTY; OR, THE FIRST-FRUITS OF THE GENTILES. (Acts 10:1-48)
Cæsarea--(See on Acts 8:40).
the Italian band--a cohort of Italians, as distinguished from native soldiers, quartered at Cæsarea, probably as a bodyguard to the Roman procurator who resided there. An ancient coin makes express mention of such a cohort in Syria. [AKERMAN, Numismatic Illustrations of the New Testament.]
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Matthew 16:13
Acts 11:21
1 Peter 4:16
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