Key Verse Spotlight
Acts 10:2 — Meaning and Application
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.”
Acts 10:2
Verse in Context
Understanding the surrounding verses prevents misinterpretation:
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian {band},
{A} devout {man}, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
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.
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 memorial before God.
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