"that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached"

This indicates that Cornelius and his friends were already somewhat acquainted with the information circulating concerning Jesus of Nazareth. As Paul had said, the events surrounding the ministry of Jesus had not been done in. corner (Acts 26:26). "The Italian cohort must have been stationed in Caesarea for some time. It was more than twelve years previous that these things had happened" (Reese pp. 396-397). "Caesarea was in Palestine and all Palestine had learned of Jesus" (Boles p. 171). "Galilee was not far from Caesarea, and so Cornelius has likely heard of what happened there as well as what happened in Judea" (Reese p. 396).

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