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Reference: Band

Hastings

This spelling represents three historically distinct English words: (1) 'Band' in the sense of that which binds

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Smith

Band.

The "band of Roman soldiers" referred to in

Mt 27:27

and elsewhere was the tenth part of a legion. It was called a "cohort," and numbered 400 to 600 men. [See ARMY]

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