Acts 10:2

And he was righteous, and feared God, he and all his house; and he did much alms among the people, and prayed to God at all times.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

1And there was a certain man in Caesarea, whose name was Cornelius, a centurion of the regiment called the Italian.

3This man distinctly saw, in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God, who came in to him and said to him: Cornelius!

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Matthew Henry on Acts 10:2-9

The Case of Cornelius. 1 There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 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. 3 He 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. 4 And 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… Read the whole commentary →

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