Isaiah 58:9

58:9 Then you will call out, and the Lord will respond;

you will cry out, and he will reply, ‘Here I am.’

You must ¹  remove the burdensome yoke from among you

and stop pointing fingers and speaking sinfully.

Isaiah 65:24

65:24 Before they even call out, ²  I will respond;

while they are still speaking, I will hear.

Daniel 9:20-21

Gabriel Gives to Daniel a Prophecy of Seventy Weeks

9:20 While I was still speaking and praying, confessing my sin and the sin of my people Israel and presenting my request before the LORD my God concerning his holy mountain ³  – 9:21 yes, while I was still praying, ⁴  the man Gabriel, whom I had seen previously ⁵  in a vision, was approaching me in my state of extreme weariness, ⁶  around the time of the evening offering.

Acts 10:4

10:4 Staring at him and becoming greatly afraid, Cornelius ⁷  replied, ⁸  “What is it, Lord?” The angel ⁹  said to him, “Your prayers and your acts of charity ¹⁰  have gone up as a memorial ¹¹  before God.

Acts 10:31

10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity ¹²  have been remembered before God. ¹³ 

¹ tn Heb “if you.” In the Hebrew text vv. 9b-10 are one long conditional sentence. The protasis (“if” clauses appear in vv. 9b-10a), with the apodosis (“then” clause) appearing in v. 10b.

² tn The verb that introduces this verse serves as a discourse particle and is untranslated; see note on “in the future” in 2:2.

³ tn Heb “the holy mountain of my God.”

⁴ tn Heb “speaking in prayer.”

⁵ tn Heb “in the beginning.”

⁶ tn The Hebrew expression בִּיעָף מֻעָף (mu’af bi’af) is very difficult. The issue is whether the verb derives from עוּף (’uf, “to fly”) or from יָעַף (ya’af, “to be weary”). Many ancient versions and modern commentators take the first of these possibilities and understand the reference to be to the swift flight of the angel Gabriel in his coming to Daniel. The words more likely refer to the extreme weariness, not of the angel, but of Daniel. Cf. 7:28; 8:27; 10:8-9, 16-17; also NASB.

⁷ tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.

⁹ tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

¹⁰ tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

¹¹ 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).

¹² tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”

¹³ sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.