Acts 10:2
Devout, and fearing God with all his house, doing many alms unto the people, and supplicating God continually,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1But, a certain man in Caesarea, by name Cornelius, a centurion of the band called Italian,—
Cross References
Genesis 18:19For I have become his intimate friend, To the end that he may command his sons and his house after him, so shall they keep the way of Yahweh, by doing righteousness and justice. To the end that Yahweh may bring in for Abraham, what he hath spoken concerning him.
1 Kings 8:43wilt, thou thyself, hear in the heavens, the settled place of thine abode, and act, according to all for which, the stranger, shall cry unto thee,—to the end that all the peoples of the earth may truly know thy Name, so as to revere thee, like thy people Israel, and to know that, thine own Name, hath been given unto this house, which I have built?
Job 1:1A man, there was—in the land of Uz, Job, his name,—and that man was blameless and upright, and one who revered God, and avoided evil.
Psalms 25:5Guide me into thy truth and teach me, for, thou, art my delivering God, For thee, have I waited all the day:
Psalms 41:1How happy is he that is attentive to the poor, In the day of calamity, will Yahweh deliver him:
Psalms 86:3Show me favour, O My Lord, For, unto thee, do I cry, all the day;
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 →