Devout (ευσεβης). Old word from ευ (well) and σεβομα (to worship, to reverence), but rare in the N.T. (Acts 10:2,7; [R…

A devout man. This means he was pious, or one who maintained the worship of God (compare also to Acts 2:5 and Acts 8:2).

And on…

A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house.—The word for “devout” is not the same as that used in Acts 2:5,…

Cornelius was “devout [GK 2356] and God-fearing”—characteristics also attributed to his entire household (a “household” included both one’s immedia…

He says that Cornelius possessed several key attributes:

A devout man A truly religious person, who had forsaken the Roman idolatry and superstition, in which he was brought up:<…

Until now, none had been baptized into the Christian church except Jews, Samaritans, and those converts who had been circumcised and observed the c…