Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Acts 10:1-33
III. GENTILE INDUCTION NEW CHRISTIAN CENTRE ANTIOCH, Acts 10:1 to Acts 11:30. 1. Cornelius’ Vision and Mission to Peter, Acts 10:1-33 . Luke now unfolds a new and positive advance in the secession of Christianity from Judaism. (See notes on Acts 4:1; Acts 6:8; Acts 6:13.) The martyrdom of Stephen had sealed the certainty of such a separation, and now head of the movement must be the leading Apostle Peter, under angelic guidance, at the Gentile capital, Cesarea. This was a vital question... read more
Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Acts 10:2
A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.Who gave much alms to the people — That is, to the Jews, many of whom were at that time extremely poor. read more