Acts 10:4

10:4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius ¹  replied, ²  “What is it, Lord?” The angel ³  said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity ⁴  have gone up as a memorial ⁵  before God.

Acts 10:22

10:22 They said, “Cornelius the centurion, ⁶  a righteous ⁷  and God-fearing man, well spoken of by the whole Jewish nation, ⁸  was directed by a holy angel to summon you to his house and to hear a message ⁹  from you.”

Acts 10:31

10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity ¹⁰  have been remembered before God. ¹¹ 

¹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.

³ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

⁵ sn The language used in the expression gone up as a memorial before God parallels what one would say of acceptable sacrifices (Ps 141:2; Sir 35:6; 50:16).

⁶ sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.

⁷ tn Or “just.”

⁸ tn The phrase τοῦ ἔθνους τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων (tou eqnou" twn Ioudaiwn) is virtually a technical term for the Jewish nation (1 Macc 10:25; 11:30, 33; Josephus, Ant. 14.10.22 [14.248]). “All the Jewish people,” while another possible translation of the Greek phrase, does not convey the technical sense of a reference to the nation in English.

⁹ tn Grk “hear words.”

¹⁰ tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

¹¹ sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.