Acts 10:4 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial - Being all performed in simplicity and godly sincerity, they were acceptable to the Most High. Come up for a memorial: This form of speech is evidently borrowed from the sacrificial system of the Jews. Pious and sincere prayers are high in God’s estimation; and therefore are said to ascend to him, as the smoke and flame of the burnt-offering appeared to ascend to heaven.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament (1755)

And yet it is certain, in the Christian sense Cornelius was then an unbeliever. He had not then faith in Christ. So certain it is, that every one who seeks faith in Christ, should seek it in prayer, and doing good to all men: though in strictness what is not exactly according to the Divine rule must stand in need of Divine favour and indulgence.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Thy prayers and thine alms--The way in which both are specified is emphatic. The one denotes the spiritual outgoing of his soul to God, the other its practical outgoing to men. are come up for a memorial before God--that is, as a sacrifice well-pleasing unto God, as an odor of a sweet smell (Re 8:4).

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ὁ	ho	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	And	G1161 →
ἀτενίσας	atenisas	having looked intently	G816 →
αὐτῷ	autō	on him	G846 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ἔμφοβος	emphobos	afraid	G1719 →
γενόμενος	genomenos	having become	G1096 →
εἶπεν·	eipen	he said;	G2036 →
τί	ti	What	G5101 →
ἐστιν,	estin	is it,	G1510 →
κύριε;	kurie	Lord?	G2962 →
εἶπεν	eipen	He said	G2036 →
δὲ	de	then	G1161 →
αὐτῷ·	autō	to him;	G846 →
αἱ	hai	The	G3588 →
προσευχαί	proseuchai	prayers	G4335 →
σου	sou	of You	G4771 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
αἱ	hai	the	G3588 →
ἐλεημοσύναι	eleēmosunai	alms	G1654 →
σου	sou	of you	G4771 →
ἀνέβησαν	anebēsan	have ascended	G305 →
εἰς	eis	as	G1519 →
μνημόσυνον	mnēmosunon	a memorial	G3422 →
ἔμπροσθεν	emprosthen	before	G1715 →
τοῦ	tou	<the>	G3588 →
θεοῦ.	theou	God.	G2316 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 4:6
Be anxious for nothing, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.
leads to
- Proverbs 3:5–6
  Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding;
- 1 Peter 5:7
  Cast all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
- Matthew 6:25–33
  Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more…
- Psalms 55:22
  Cast your burden upon the LORD and He will sustain you; He will never let the righteous be shaken.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
  Pray without ceasing.
Through
Hebrews 6:10
For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.
leads to
- Hebrews 13:16
  And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- Matthew 10:42
  And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
- Galatians 6:10
  Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to everyone, and especially to the family of faith.