13, 14. (a) Eko nɛ Ukɔniliyɔsi mla ailɔwa ɔhá je piya Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist a, ɔdi nɛ ɔɔma mafu a? (b) Ɔdiya nɛ alɔ i cika ō ka ɛpɔ tu ācɛ nɛ alɔ gē tɔɔna lɛ uwa ŋ ma?

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“Okónu Í Hɛ́ Uwā Gɛ Ŋ́. Anɔ́ɔ É Cɛ̄tra Ɔwɔicō” (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 11:1-18)

15, 16. Ɔdiya nɛ ācɛ Ujiyu a i cɛ mla ɔdā nɛ Upita ya a ŋ ma, ɛgɛnyá nɛ ó kē je ɔ tu uwa eyī peee a?

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17, 18. (a) Ōmiya nyá nɛ ācɛ Ujiyu nōo wɛ Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist a cɛgbá ō ya a? (b) Ɔdiya nɛ opiyatɔha i gē tɔɔtɛ ipu ujɔ eko doodu ŋ ma, aɔ̄kā nyá nɛ alɔ cɛgbá ō da iyi alɔ a?

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‘Ācɛ Alɛwa Kwú Pīya Ācɛ Ō Yɛce Ukraist’ (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 11:19-26a)

19. Anyɛ nɛ ācɛ Ujiyu nōo wɛ Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist nōo yɔ Antiyɔku a gbɔɔ ō tɔɔna lɛ uwa a, ɔdi kē bɛɛcɛ ŋma anu a?

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ANTIOCH OF SYRIA

Antioch of Syria was located on the river Orontes, about 18 miles (30 km) upstream from the Mediterranean seaport of Seleucia and some 350 miles (550 km) north of Jerusalem. (Acts 13:4) Seleucus I Nicator, first ruler of the Seleucid Empire, founded Antioch in 300 B.C.E. As the capital of that empire, Antioch soon acquired great importance. In 64 B.C.E., Roman General Pompey made Syria a Roman province, with Antioch as its capital. By the first century C.E., the metropolis ranked third in size and wealth among the cities of the Roman Empire, after Rome and Alexandria.

Antioch was a commercial as well as a political center. The wares of all of Syria passed through it before being exported to the rest of the Mediterranean basin. “Since it was near the frontier between the settled Graeco-Roman area and the eastern states,” says one scholar, “it was even more cosmopolitan than most Hellenistic cities.” There was a large Jewish community in Antioch, and according to Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, they “made proselytes of a great many of the Greeks” who lived there.

20, 21. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ Ubanabasi mafu kóō tu iyi nu waajɛ a, ɛgɛnyá nɛ alɔ kē géē yɛce ocabɔ ku nu ipu uklɔ ku ɔna ō ta ku alɔ a?

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Ō “Lɛ Ɔdā Nēe Í Le Tá Ayínɛ́ Abɔ A” Tɛhɔ Fu Uwa (Úklɔ́ kú Ācotɛ̄hɔ̄ 11:26b-30)

22, 23. Ɔdi nɛ Ācɛ O Yɛce Ukraist nōo yɔ Antiyɔku a ya kéē mafu ihɔtu lɛ ayinɛ uwa a, ɛgɛnyá nɛ ācɛ ɔlɛ Ɔwɔico gē ya ɔdā ekponu ɔɔma icɛ a?

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24. Ɛgɛnyá nɛ alɔ lɔfu mafu ku alɔ jɛyi ku ɛlā nɛ Ujehofa nwu Upita a?

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CORNELIUS AND THE ROMAN ARMY

Administrative and military headquarters for the Roman province of Judea were located in Caesarea. The troops under the governor’s command consisted of 500 to 1,000 cavalry and five cohorts, or groups, of infantry. A cohort in full strength consisted of about 600 soldiers. These troops were usually recruited from among Roman subjects rather than citizens. Most served in Caesarea, but small garrisons were scattered throughout Judea. One cohort was permanently based in the Tower of Antonia in Jerusalem in order to police the Temple Mount and the city. The Roman presence in that city would be reinforced during Jewish festivals to deal with possible disturbances.

A centurion was in command of about 100 soldiers. The Greek text of Acts 10:1 says that Cornelius was a centurion of the so-called Italian unit, probably based in Caesarea. This unit may have been the Second Italian Cohort of Roman Citizen Volunteers. a Centurions had considerable social and military status, as well as wealth. Their pay was perhaps 16 times that of regular soldiers.

a In Latin, Cohors II Italica voluntariorum civium Romanorum. Its presence in Syria in 69 C.E. is confirmed.

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