Acts 10:2

Geneva Bible (1560)

A deuoute man, and one that feared God with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God continually.

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  • Acts 10:22 : 22 And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.
  • Acts 13:16 : 16 Then Paul stoode vp and beckened with the hand, and sayde, Men of Israel, and yee that feare God, hearken.
  • Acts 13:26 : 26 Yee men and brethren, children of the generation of Abraham, and whosoeuer among you feareth God, to you is the woorde of this saluation sent.
  • Acts 10:7 : 7 And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,
  • Acts 10:35 : 35 But in euery nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousnesse, is accepted with him.
  • Acts 10:31 : 31 And sayd, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
  • Acts 13:50 : 50 But the Iewes stirred certaine deuout & honourable women, and the chiefe men of the citie, and raised persecution against Paul & Barnabas, and expelled them out of their coastes.
  • Acts 16:14-15 : 14 And a certaine woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the citie of the Thyatirians, which worshipped God, heard vs: whose heart the Lorde opened, that she attended vnto the things, which Paul spake. 15 And when she was baptized, and her houshold, she besought vs, saying, If ye haue iudged me to be faithfull to ye Lord, come into mine house, and abide there: and she constrained vs.
  • Acts 18:8 : 8 And Crispus the chiefe ruler of the Synagogue, beleeued in the Lorde with all his housholde: and many of the Corinthians hearing it, beleeued and were baptized.
  • Acts 22:12 : 12 And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there,
  • Rom 15:26-27 : 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia and Achaia, to make a certaine distribution vnto the poore Saints which are at Hierusalem. 27 For it hath pleased them, and their detters are they: for if the Gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall things, their duetie is also to minister vnto them in carnall things.
  • 2 Cor 9:8-9 : 8 And God is able to make all grace to abound towarde you, that yee alwayes hauing all sufficiencie in all thinges, may abounde in euery good worke, 9 ( As it is written, He hath sparsed abroad and hath giuen to the poore: his beneuolence remayneth for euer. 10 Also hee that findeth seede to the sower, will minister likewise bread for foode, and multiplie your seede, and increase the fruites of your beneuolence,) 11 That on all partes yee may bee made rich vnto all liberalitie, which causeth through vs thanksgiuing vnto God. 12 For the ministration of this seruice not onely supplieth the necessities of the Saintes, but also aboundantly causeth many to giue thankes to God, 13 (Which by the experiment of this ministration praise God for your voluntarie submission to the Gospell of Christ, and for your liberall distribution to them, and to all men) 14 And in their praier for you, to log after you greatly, for the aboundant grace of God in you. 15 Thankes therefore bee vnto God for his vnspeakeable gift.
  • Col 4:2 : 2 Continue in prayer, and watch in the fame with thankesgiuing,
  • 1 Thess 5:17 : 17 Pray continually.
  • Jas 1:5 : 5 If any of you lacke wisedome, let him aske of God, which giueth to all men liberally, & reprocheth no man, and it shalbe giuen him.
  • Rev 15:4 : 4 Who shall not feare thee, O Lord, and glorifie thy Name! for thou onely art holy, and all nations shall come and worship before thee: for thy iudgements are made manifest.
  • Gen 18:19 : 19 For I knowe him that he will commande his sonnes and his houshold after him, that they keepe the way of the Lord, to doe righteousnesse and iudgement, that the Lord may bring vpon Abraham that he hath spoken vnto him.
  • Josh 24:15 : 15 And if it seeme euill vnto you to serue the Lorde, choose you this day whome yee will serue, whether the gods which your fathers serued (that were beyond the flood) or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwel: but I & mine house will serue the Lord.
  • 1 Kgs 8:43 : 43 Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and do according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee: that all the people of the earth may know thy Name, and feare thee, as do thy people Israel: and that they may know, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.
  • 2 Chr 6:33 : 33 Heare thou in heauen thy dwelling place, and doe according to all that the stranger calleth for vnto thee, that all the people of the earth may knowe thy Name, and feare thee like thy people Israel, and that they may knowe, that thy Name is called vpon in this house which I haue built.
  • Job 1:1 : 1 There was a man in the lande of Vz called Iob, & this man was an vpright and iust man, one that feared God, and eschewed euill.
  • Job 1:5 : 5 And when the dayes of their banketting were gone about, Iob sent, and sanctified them, and rose vp early in the morning, and offred burnt offrings according to the nomber of them all. For Iob thought, It may be that my sonnes haue sinned, & blasphemed God in their hearts: thus did Iob euery day.
  • Ps 25:5 : 5 Leade me foorth in thy trueth, and teache me: for thou art the God of my saluation: in thee doe I trust all the day.
  • Ps 25:8-9 : 8 Gracious & righteous is the Lorde: therefore will he teache sinners in the way. 9 Them that be meeke, will hee guide in iudgement, and teach the humble his way.
  • Ps 41:1 : 1 To him that excelleth. A Psalme of Dauid. Blessed is he that iudgeth wisely of the poore: the Lord shal deliuer him in ye time of trouble.
  • Ps 55:17 : 17 Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, & he wil heare my voice.
  • Ps 86:3 : 3 Be mercifull vnto me, O Lord: for I crie vpon thee continually.
  • Ps 88:1 : 1 A song or Psalme of Heman the Ezrahite to giue instruction, committed to the sonnes of Korah for him that excelleth vpon Malath Leannoth. O Lorde God of my saluation, I cry day and night before thee.
  • Ps 101:6-8 : 6 Mine eyes shalbe vnto the faithfull of the lande, that they may dwell with me: he that walketh in a perfite way, he shall serue me. 7 There shal no deceitful person dwell within mine house: he that telleth lyes, shall not remaine in my sight. 8 Betimes will I destroy all the wicked of the land, that I may cut off all the workers of iniquitie from the Citie of the Lord.
  • Ps 102:15 : 15 Then the heathen shall feare the Name of the Lord, and all the Kings of the earth thy glory,
  • Ps 119:2 : 2 Blessed are they that keepe his testimonies, and seeke him with their whole heart.
  • Prov 2:3-5 : 3 (For if thou callest after knowledge, and cryest for vnderstanding: 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures, 5 Then shalt thou vnderstand the feare of the Lord, and finde the knowledge of God.
  • Eccl 7:18 : 18 (7:20) It is good that thou lay hold on this: but yet withdrawe not thine hand from that: for he that feareth God, shall come forth of them all.
  • Isa 58:7-8 : 7 Is it not to deale thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poore that wander, vnto thine house? when thou seest the naked, that thou couer him, and hide not thy selfe from thine owne flesh? 8 Then shall thy light breake foorth as the morning, and thine health shal grow speedily: thy righteousnes shall goe before thee, and the glorie of the Lord shall embrace thee.
  • Isa 59:19 : 19 So shall they feare the Name of the Lorde from the West, and his glory from the rising of the sunne: for the enemie shall come like a flood: but the Spirit of the Lord shall chase him away.
  • Dan 6:10 : 10 Now when Daniel vnderstood that he had sealed the writing, hee went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praysed his God, as he did aforetime.
  • Dan 6:16 : 16 Then the King commaunded, and they brought Daniel, and cast him into the denne of lyons: now the King spake, and said vnto Daniel, Thy God, whome thou alway seruest, euen he will deliuer thee.
  • Dan 6:20 : 20 And when he came to the denne, he cryed with a lamentable voyce vnto Daniel: and the King spake, and saide to Daniel, O Daniel, the seruant of ye liuing God, is not thy God (whom thou alway seruest) able to deliuer thee fro the lyons?
  • Dan 6:26 : 26 I make a decree that in all the dominion of my kingdome, men tremble and feare before the God of Daniel: for he is the liuing God, and remayneth for euer: and his kingdome shall not perish, and his dominion shalbe euerlasting.
  • Matt 7:7-8 : 7 Aske, and it shall be giuen you: seeke, and ye shall finde: knocke, and it shall be opened vnto you. 8 For whosoeuer asketh, receiueth: and he, that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
  • Luke 2:25 : 25 And behold, there was a man in Hierusalem, whose name was Simeon: this man was iust, and feared God, and waited for the consolation of Israel, and the holy Ghost was vpon him.
  • Luke 7:4-5 : 4 So they came to Iesus, and besought him instantly, saying that hee was worthy that hee should doe this for him: 5 For he loueth, said they, our nation, and he hath built vs a Synagogue.
  • Luke 18:1 : 1 And he spake also a parable vnto them, to this ende, that they ought alwayes to pray, and not to waxe faint,
  • Acts 2:5 : 5 And there were dwelling at Hierusalem Iewes, men that feared God, of euery nation vnder heauen.
  • Acts 8:2 : 2 Then certaine men fearing God, caried Steuen amongs them, to be buried, and made great lamentation for him.
  • Acts 9:11 : 11 Then the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise, and goe into the streete which is called Straight, and seeke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tarsus: for beholde, he prayeth.
  • Acts 9:31 : 31 Then had the Churches rest through all Iudea, and Galile, and Samaria, and were edified and walked in the feare of the Lorde, and were multiplied by the comfort of the holy Ghost.
  • Acts 9:36 : 36 There was also at Ioppa a certaine woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which by interpretation is called Dorcas) she was full of good workes and almes which she did.
  • Acts 10:4 : 4 But when hee looked on him, hee was afrayd, and sayd, What is it, Lord? And he sayd vnto him, Thy prayers & thine almes are come vp into remembrance before God.

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  • Acts 10:1
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    1Fvrthermore there was a certaine man in Cesarea called Cornelius, a captaine of the band called the Italian band,

  • Acts 10:3-9
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    3He sawe in a vision euidently (about the ninth houre of the day) an Angel of God coming in to him, and saying vnto him, Cornelius.

    4But when hee looked on him, hee was afrayd, and sayd, What is it, Lord? And he sayd vnto him, Thy prayers & thine almes are come vp into remembrance before God.

    5Nowe therefore send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

    6Hee lodgeth with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to doe.

    7And when the Angel which spake vnto Cornelius, was departed, he called two of his seruants, and a souldier that feared God, one of them that waited on him,

    8And tolde them all things, and sent them to Ioppa.

    9On the morow as they went on their iourney, and drew neere vnto the citie, Peter went vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixt houre.

  • Acts 10:21-35
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    21Then Peter went downe to the men, which were sent vnto him from Cornelius, and sayd, Beholde, I am he whome ye seeke: what is the cause wherefore ye are come?

    22And they sayd, Cornelius the captaine, a iust man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Iewes, was warned from heauen by an holy Angel, to send for thee into his house, and to heare thy wordes.

    23Then called he them in, and lodged them, and the next day, Peter went foorth with them, and certaine brethren from Ioppa accompanied him.

    24And the day after, they entred into Cesarea. Nowe Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsemen, and special friends.

    25And it came to passe as Peter came in, that Cornelius met him, and fell downe at his feete, and worshipped him.

    26But Peter tooke him vp, saying, Stand vp: for euen I my selfe am a man.

    27And as he talked with him, he came in, and found many that were come together.

    28And he sayd vnto them, Ye know that it is an vnlawfull thing for a man that is a Iewe, to company, or come vnto one of another nation: but God hath shewed me, that I should not call any man polluted, or vncleane.

    29Therefore came I vnto you without saying nay, when I was sent for. I aske therefore, for what intent haue ye sent for me?

    30Then Cornelius sayd, Foure dayes agoe, about this houre, I fasted, & at the ninth houre I prayed in mine house, and beholde, a man stood before me in bright clothing,

    31And sayd, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine almes are had in remembrance in the sight of God.

    32Send therefore to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter (he is lodged in the house of Simon a Tanner by the sea side) who when he commeth, shall speake vnto thee.

    33Then sent I for thee immediately, and thou hast well done to come. Nowe therefore are we all here present before God, to heare all things that are commanded thee of God.

    34Then Peter opened his mouth, and sayd, Of a trueth I perceiue, that God is no accepter of persons.

    35But in euery nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousnesse, is accepted with him.

  • Acts 11:11-14
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    11Then behold, immediatly there were three men already come vnto the house where I was, sent from Cesarea vnto me.

    12And the Spirit saide vnto me, that I should go with them, without doubting: moreouer these sixe brethren came with me, and we entred into the mans house.

    13And he shewed vs, howe he had seene an Angel in his house, which stoode and said to him, Send men to Ioppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.

    14He shall speake wordes vnto thee, whereby both thou and all thine house shalbe saued.

  • Acts 10:16-19
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    16This was so done thrise: and the vessell was drawen vp againe into heauen.

    17Nowe while Peter douted in himselfe what this vision which he had seene, meant, beholde, the men which were sent from Cornelius, had inquired for Simons house, and stoode at the gate,

    18And called, and asked, whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

    19And while Peter thought on the vision, the Spirit sayde vnto him, Beholde, three men seeke thee.

  • Acts 11:23-24
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    23Who when he was come and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they would continue in the Lord.

    24For he was a good man, and full of the holy Ghost, and faith, and much people ioyned them selues vnto the Lord.

  • Acts 22:12
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    12And one Ananias a godly man, as perteining to the Lawe, hauing good report of all the Iewes which dwelt there,

  • Acts 9:42
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    42And it was knowen throughout all Ioppa, and many beleeued in the Lord.

  • Acts 12:5
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    5So Peter was kept in prison, but earnest prayer was made of ye Church vnto God for him.

  • Acts 9:11
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    11Then the Lord sayd vnto him, Arise, and goe into the streete which is called Straight, and seeke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tarsus: for beholde, he prayeth.

  • Luke 1:10
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    10And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer, while the incense was burning.

  • Luke 18:2
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    2Saying, There was a iudge in a certaine citie, which feared not God, neither reuereced man.

  • Acts 9:35-36
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    35And all that dwelt at Lydda and Saron, sawe him, and turned to the Lord.

    36There was also at Ioppa a certaine woman, a disciple named Tabitha (which by interpretation is called Dorcas) she was full of good workes and almes which she did.

  • Matt 8:5
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    5When Iesus was entred into Capernaum, there came vnto him a Centurion, beseeching him,

  • Acts 16:34
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    34And when he had brought them into his house, he set meate before them, and reioyced that he with all his houshold beleeued in God.

  • Acts 13:7
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    7Which was with the Deputie Sergius Paulus, a prudent man. He called vnto him Barnabas and Saul, and desired to heare the woorde of God.

  • Acts 18:7
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    7So he departed thence, & entred into a certaine mans house, named Iustus, a worshipper of God, whose house ioyned hard to the Synagogue.

  • Acts 3:3
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    3Who seeing Peter & Iohn, that they would enter into the Temple, desired to receiue an almes.

  • Acts 24:17
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    17Now after many yeres, I came & brought almes to my nation and offerings.

  • Acts 3:9
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    9And all the people sawe him walke, and praysing God.

  • Acts 9:40
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    40But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled downe, and prayed, and turned him to the body, and sayd, Tabitha, arise; she opened her eyes, and when she sawe Peter, sate vp.

  • Dan 6:10
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    10Now when Daniel vnderstood that he had sealed the writing, hee went into his house, and his window being open in his chamber toward Ierusalem, he kneeled vpon his knees three times a day, and prayed and praysed his God, as he did aforetime.