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He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your alms have gone up for a memorial before God.
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A Memorial Before God
Commentators explain that the angel's words, "gone up for a memorial before God," use sacrificial language. This means God viewed Cornelius's sincere prayers and charity not as mere duties, but as a pleasing offering, like incense. It shows that God notices and remembers heartfelt acts of piety and love performed in reverence to Him.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And when he looked on him. Greek, Having fixed his eyes attentively on him.
He was afraid. At the suddenness and unexpecte…
Lord (κυριε). Cornelius recognizes the angel of God (verse 3) as God's messenger.
Are gone up (ανεβησαν). …
19th Century
Anglican
Are come up for a memorial before God.—The word so used was emphatically sacrificial and liturgical, as, for example, in …
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16th Century
Protestant
And he beheld, and was afraid. Luke expresses his attentiveness in plain words, so that we may know that it was no empty illusion that cam…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And when he looked on him, he was afraid What with the brightness of his clothing, (Acts 10:30) and the …
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