Acts 10:4

Cornelius fixed his eyes on him and, in great alarm, said, “What is it, Lord?” “Your prayers and your charities,” the angel answered, “have been an acceptable offering to God.

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And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.

In Context

3One afternoon, about three o’clock, he distinctly saw in a vision an angel from God come to him, and call him by name.

5And now, send messengers to Joppa and fetch a man called Simon, who is also known as Peter.

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Cross References

Psalms 141:2Let my prayer be presented as incense before you, and my uplifted hands as the evening meal-offering.

Malachi 3:16Such things those who revered the Lord spoke to one another, and the Lord took notice, and a record was written before him of those who revered the Lord and those who keep in mind his name.

Luke 1:12Zechariah was startled at the sight and was awe-struck.

Luke 24:5But, when in their fear the women bowed their faces to the ground, the men said to them, “Why are you looking among the dead for him who is living?

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:2-9

The Case of Cornelius. 1 There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 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. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a… Read the whole commentary →

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