Commentaries on Acts 10:2

John Gill - Exposition

John Gill

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...

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary

Matthew Henry

It is a turn very new and remarkable which the story of this chapter gives to the Acts of the apostles; hitherto, both at Jerusalem and every where else where the ministers of Christ came, they preached the gospel only to the Jews, or those Greeks that were circumcised and proselyted to the Jews' religion; but now, "Lo, we turn to the Gentiles;" and to them the door of faith is here opened: good...