Acts 10:31
29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”
30 Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
32 Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
33 So I sent for you immediately, and you were kind enough to come. Now then, we are all here in the presence of God to listen to everything the Lord has instructed you to tell us.”
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.
- KJV
- And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
- WEB
- and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer is heard, and your gifts to the needy are remembered in the sight of God.
- ASV
- and saith, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
- DARBY
- and said, Cornelius, thy prayer has been heard, and thy alms have come in remembrance before God.
- BLB
- and he said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer was heard, and your alms have been remembered before God.
- ÅB
- og han sier: Kornelius! din bønn er hørt, og dine almisser er ihukommet for Guds åsyn;
- OTB
- og sa: 'Kornelius, din bønn er blitt hørt, og dine gaver til de fattige er blitt husket for Gud.
- B1930
- og han sier: Kornelius! din bønn er hørt, og dine almisser er ihukommet for Guds åsyn;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Luke 1:13
But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
Read in contextActs 10:4
Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
Read in contextDaniel 9:23
At the beginning of your petitions, an answer went out, and I have come to tell you, for you are highly precious. So consider the message and understand the vision:
Read in contextIsaiah 38:5
“Go and tell Hezekiah that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will add fifteen years to your life.
Read in contextDaniel 10:12
“Do not be afraid, Daniel,” he said, “for from the first day that you purposed to understand and to humble yourself before your God, your words were heard, and I have come in response to them.
Read in contextRevelation 8:3–4
Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before the throne.
Read in contextLeviticus 2:9
The priest is to remove the memorial portion from the grain offering and burn it on the altar as an offering made by fire, a pleasing aroma to the LORD.
Read in contextRevelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
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