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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Gill's Exposition
A devout man,.... A truly religious person, who had forsaken the Roman idolatry and superstition, in which he was brought up:
and one that feared God: the one only living and true God, the God of…
Barnes' Notes
A devout man - Pious, or one who maintained the worship of God. See the notes on Luk 2:25. Compare Act 2:5; Act 8:2. And one that feared God - This is often a designation of piety. See notes on Act…
Adam Clarke
A devout man - Ευσεβης, from ευ, well, and σεβομαι, I worship. A person who worships the true God, and is no idolater.
One that feared God - Φοβουμενος τον Θεον, One who was acquainted with the true…
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…
Cambridge Bible
a devout man i.e. he was a worshipper of the true God, but had not joined himself to the Jews in the observance of the Law. The language of St Peter in Act 10:10 shews us that he was not a complete…
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