A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.
A devout man - an uncircumcised convert to the Jewish faith, of whom at this time there were a very great number,
And one that feared God with all his house. Not contented with regulating his own life by religious principle, he had brought his whole household under the influence of revealed religion.
Which gave much alms to the people - that is, the Jewish people; and did so, no doubt, on the same principle which actuated another centurion before him (Luke 7:5), thinking it no "great thing" that they who had 'sown unto him spiritual things should reap his carnal things' (1 Corinthians 9:11),
And prayed to God alway - that is, at every stated season (see the notes on next verse).