Acts 10:2 KJV

Acts · chapter 10 · verse 2

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.Acts 10:2 · King James Version

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1There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,

2A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.

3He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.

4And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

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Commentary

The bringing of the gospel to the Gentiles, and the bringing of those who had been strangers and foreigners to be fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God, were such a mystery to the apostles themselves, and such a surprise (Eph 3:3, Eph 3:6), that it concerns us carefully to observe all the…

— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-8

Cross references

Matthew 7:7-8

Key words (Strong's)

devouteusebēspious, dutifulG2152 →
fearedphobeōto put to flight by terrifying , to put to flight, to flee, to fear, be afraid, to be…G5399 →
peoplelaosa people, people group, tribe, nation, all those who are of the same stock and language…G2992 →
prayeddeomaito want, lack, to desire, long for, to ask, beg, the thing asked for, to pray, make…G1189 →
houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
gavepoieōto make, with the names of things made, to produce, construct, form, fashion, etc., to be…G4160 →

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