Acts 10:4
Context10:4 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
Context10:22 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
Context10:31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your acts of charity 10 have been remembered before God. 11
[10:4] 1 tn Grk “he”; the referent (Cornelius) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[10:4] 2 tn Grk “said,” but in response to the angel’s address, “replied” is better English style.
[10:4] 3 tn Grk “he”; the referent (the angel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[10:4] 4 tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”
[10:4] 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).
[10:22] 6 sn See the note on the word centurion in 10:1.
[10:22] 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.
[10:22] 9 tn Grk “hear words.”
[10:31] 10 tn Or “your gifts to the needy.”
[10:31] 11 sn This statement is a paraphrase rather than an exact quotation of Acts 10:4.