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devoutεὐσεβὴςandκαὶfearingφοβούμενοςGodτὸν θεὸνwithσὺνallπαντὶhis household,τῷ οἴκῳ αὐτοῦgivingποιῶνmanyπολλὰςalmsἐλεημοσύναςto the peopleτῷ λαῷandκαὶprayingδεόμενοςto Godτοῦ θεοῦcontinually.διὰ παντός
Acts 10:2
Study it in the app“devout and fearing God with all his household, giving many alms to the people and praying to God continually.”
With the Greek beneath
Acts 10:2, word by word
- devoutεὐσεβὴςeusebēs
devout, godly
Devout, godly: one who reveres and honors God.
Where else “eusebēs” appears- fearingφοβούμενοςphoboumenos
revere
To honor God with reverence.
Where else “phoboumenos” appears- Godθεὸνtheon
God
The Creator and Lord of all, the one God of Israel.
Where else “theon” appears- withσὺνsyn
with
With, together with.
Where else “syn” appears- his householdοἴκῳoikōi
household
The family, or a people descended from one man, like Israel.
Where else “oikōi” appears- givingποιῶνpoiōn
bear fruit
To produce fruit, like a tree; in life, deeds that can be seen.
Where else “poiōn” appears- manyπολλὰςpollas
much
A great amount of something, like fruit or work.
Where else “pollas” appears- almsἐλεημοσύναςeleēmosynas
alms, charity
Alms: what is given to the poor out of mercy; also acts of mercy.
Where else “eleēmosynas” appears- to the peopleλαῷlaōi
people
A people, above all Israel, God's people.
Where else “laōi” appears- prayingδεόμενοςdeomenos
pray
To speak to God, asking.
Where else “deomenos” appears
Translation note
“Fearing God” can refer here (as in 13:16 and 13:26) to non-Jewish people who worshiped the God of Israel without becoming proselytes; Cornelius was not Jewish (10:28).
The context
1Now there was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the cohort called the Italian,
2 · This verse (above)
3He saw clearly in a vision, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him and saying to him, “Cornelius.”
To study Acts 10 in a group
1. What it says
What vision does Cornelius have, and what vision does Peter have? What are they each asked to do? (vv. 3-16)
2. What it means
Peter says God shows no partiality (vv. 34-35). How did what Peter experienced change what he understood?
3. How I live it
Are there people you tend to keep at a distance? What small step could you take toward one of them?