Acts Chapter 10 verse 2 Holy Bible
a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God always.
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A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.
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pious, and fearing God with all his house, [both] giving much alms to the people, and supplicating God continually,
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A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
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a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
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pious, and fearing God with all his house, doing also many kind acts to the people, and beseeching God always,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Who for which, A.V. A devout man (εὐσεβής); and in ver. 7. It is an interesting question as to what was the precise religions status of Cornelius, whether he was a proselyte in any technical sense. But the whole narrative, in which he is spoken of simply as a Gentile and uncircumcised, seems to indicate that, though he had learnt from the Jews to worship the true God, and from the Jewish Scriptures read or heard in the synagogue to practice those virtues which went up for a memorial before God, yet he was in no sense a proselyte. It is pleasant to think that there may have been many such in the different countries where the Jews were dispersed (comp. Acts 13:16, and probably Acts 11:20).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house.--The word for "devout" is not the same as that used in Acts 2:5; Acts 8:2, and Luke 2:25, and appears to be used by St. Luke, as again in Acts 10:7, for the special type of devotion that belonged to Gentile converts to Judaism. The phrase "those that feared God" is employed distinctly for this class in Acts 10:22; Acts 10:35, and again in Acts 13:16; Acts 13:26. There is a special significance in the addition "with all his house." The centurion was not satisfied with having found a higher truth for himself, but sought to impart it to the soldiers and slaves, possibly to those nearer and dearer to him, who came under his influence (Comp. Acts 10:7.) . . .
