Apostelgeschichte 10:2

2 gottselig und gottesfürchtig samt seinem ganzen Hause, und gab dem Volk viel Almosen und betete immer zu Gott.

Apostelgeschichte 10:2 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:2

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 Israel; he had the fear of God wrought in his heart, which is a part of the covenant of grace, a blessing of it, and the beginning of wisdom; he was truly a gracious man, a converted person, and who from an internal principle worshipped God externally:

with all his house;
he brought up his family in a religious way, as every good man should; and which was very remarkable in a Gentile, a soldier, and an officer:

which gave much alms to the people;
to the Jews that dwelt at Caesarea, and therefore was of good report among them, and much beloved by them, ( Acts 10:22 ) he had regard to both tables of the law, both to the worship of God, and the love of the neighbour: and prayed to God always; every day, at the usual times of prayer; prayed privately in his closet, and with his family, as well as attended public service of this kind.

Apostelgeschichte 10:2 In-Context

1 Es war aber ein Mann zu Cäsarea, mit Namen Kornelius, ein Hauptmann von der Schar, die da heißt die italische,

2 gottselig und gottesfürchtig samt seinem ganzen Hause, und gab dem Volk viel Almosen und betete immer zu Gott.

3 Der sah in einem Gesicht offenbarlich um die neunte Stunde am Tage einen Engel Gottes zu sich eingehen, der sprach zu ihm: Kornelius!

4 Er aber sah ihn an, erschrak und sprach: HERR, was ist's? Er aber sprach zu ihm: Deine Gebete und deine Almosen sind hinaufgekommen ins Gedächtnis vor Gott.

5 Und nun sende Männer gen Joppe und laß fordern Simon, mit dem Zunamen Petrus,