Kisah Para Rasul 10:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Ia menatap malaikat itu dan dengan takut ia berkata: "Ada apa, Tuhan?" Jawab malaikat itu: "Semua doamu dan sedekahmu telah naik ke hadirat Allah dan Allah mengingat engkau.

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Ia menatap malaikat itu dan dengan takut ia berkata: "Ada apa, Tuhan?" Jawab malaikat itu: "Semua doamu dan sedekahmu telah naik ke hadirat Allah dan Allah mengingat engkau.

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka ia pun menatap malaekat itu dengan ketakutannya sambil berkata, "Apakah ini, ya Tuhan?" Maka katanya kepadanya, "Segala doamu dan sedekahmu sudah naik menjadi peringatan kepada Allah.

Contextual Overview

¹ There was a certayne man in Cesarea, called Cornelius, a captayne of the bande called the Italian bande, ² A deuoute man, & one yt feared God, with all his housholde, which gaue much almes to the people, and prayed God alway. ³ The same sawe by a vision euidently, about the ninth houre of the daye, an Angel of God commyng in to hym, and saying vnto hym, Cornelius. ⁴ And when he loked on hym, he was afrayde, and sayde: What is it Lorde? And he sayde vnto hym: Thy prayers and thyne almes, are come vp into remembraunce before God. ⁵ And nowe sende men to Ioppa, & call for one Simo, whose sirname is Peter. ⁶ He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea syde: He shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do. ⁷ And when the Angell whiche spake vnto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household seruauntes, and a deuout souldier of them that wayted on hym, ⁸ And tolde them all the matter, & sent them to Ioppa.

Bible Verse Review
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he was: Daniel 10:11, Luke 1:12, Luke 1:29, Luke 24:5

What: Acts 9:5, Acts 9:6, Acts 22:10, 1 Samuel 3:10

thy: Acts 10:31, 2 Chronicles 6:33, 2 Chronicles 32:24, Psalms 141:2, Isaiah 43:26, Malachi 3:16, Luke 1:13, Philippians 4:6

thine: Isaiah 45:19, Philippians 4:18, Hebrews 6:10, Hebrews 13:16

Reciprocal: Exodus 28:12 - for a memorial Leviticus 2:2 - the memorial Leviticus 5:12 - a memorial Leviticus 24:7 - a memorial Numbers 10:10 - a memorial Numbers 31:54 - a memorial 2 Kings 19:20 - I have heard 2 Chronicles 20:14 - Then upon 2 Chronicles 30:27 - their prayer Nehemiah 2:20 - memorial Esther 5:2 - she Psalms 115:12 - hath Isaiah 58:8 - and thy Isaiah 62:6 - make mention of the Lord Daniel 10:12 - from Zechariah 6:14 - a memorial Matthew 6:2 - when Luke 1:11 - appeared Luke 3:11 - He that hath two Luke 11:9 - seek Luke 16:9 - Make Acts 3:2 - to ask Acts 9:36 - almsdeeds Acts 10:2 - which Romans 12:13 - Distributing 1 Timothy 2:8 - lifting Hebrews 1:14 - minister

Cross-References

Numbers 24:24
The shippes also shall come out of the coast of Chittim, and subdue Assur, and subdue Eber, and he hym selfe shall perishe at the last.

Isaiah 23:1
The burthen of Tyre. Mourne ye shippes of Tharsis, for there commeth such destruction, that ye shall not haue an house to enter into: and that there shalbe no traffike out of the lande of Cittim, they haue knowledge of this plague.

Isaiah 23:12
And he sayde: Make no more thy boast O virgin thou daughter Zidon, thou shalt be brought downe: Up, get thee ouer vnto Cittim, where neuerthelesse thou shalt haue no rest.

Ezekiel 27:12
They of Tharsis [were] thy marchauntes for the multitude of all riches, in siluer, iron, tin, and lead, whiche they brought to thy faires.

Ezekiel 27:25
The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying: thus thou wast replenished and in great worship, euen in the mids of the sea.

Daniel 11:30
For the ships of Chithim shall come against him, therfore he shalbe sorie, and returne, and fret against the holy couenaunt: so shall he do, he shal [euen] returne and haue intelligence with them that forsake the holy couenaunt.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And when he looked on him, he was afraid,.... What with the brightness of his clothing, Acts 10:30 and the lustre of his countenance, and the majestic form in which he appeared, he perceived there was something uncommon and divine in this vision, and therefore was filled with awe and reverence, yea, with something of a panic fear; as it was usual, even with good persons, as the patriarchs and prophets of the Old Testament, Zacharias, the Virgin Mary, and others; from a sense of the greatness of the divine majesty, which they supposed to be near, or this to be an emblem of it, and from a notion that, at the sight of God, they should die.

And said, what is it, Lord what is the matter? what is to be said or done? What is the reason of this unusual appearance? Some of the Latin copies, and the Ethiopic version, read, "who art thou, Lord?" but by the angel's answer, not this, but the former was the question: for it follows,

and he said unto him, thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God; that is, the prayers which he had put up in faith, for himself and family, and the charitable actions he had performed from a principle of love, were like sacrifices upon the altar, which ascended to God with acceptance; so these sacrifices of prayer and beneficence came up with acceptance from off that altar which sanctities the gift, or were acceptable to God, through Jesus Christ; these were taken notice of, approved by God, and remembered by him, and the fruits and effects he was shortly to enjoy; for that Cornelius was a believer, need not be questioned; since he was not only a devout and religious person, but one that feared God, which includes the whole of religion, internal and external; and so faith in Christ, without which he could not pray aright: there is no doubt of it, but he had read the prophecies of the Old Testament, attended the synagogues of the Jews, and believed in the Messiah to come, though he did not know that he was come, and that Jesus of Nazareth was he; so that his faith was of the same kind with that of the saints before the coming of Christ; and in this faith he did all the good works he did, which became acceptable to God through Christ, and without which it is impossible to please him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And when he looked on him - Greek: Having fixed his eyes attentively on him.

He was afraid - At the suddenness and unexpected character of the vision.

What is it, Lord? - This is the expression of surprise and alarm. The word “Lord” should have been translated “sir,” since there is no evidence that this is an address to God, and still less that he regarded the personage present as the Lord. Compare the notes on Acts 9:5. It is such language as a man would naturally use who was suddenly surprised; who should witness a strange form appearing unexpectedly before him; and who should exclaim, Sir, what is the matter?”

Are come up for a memorial - Are remembered before God. Compare Isaiah 45:19. They were an evidence of piety toward God, and were accepted as such. Though he had not offered sacrifice according to the Jewish laws; though he had not been circumcised; yet, having acted according to the light which he had, his prayers were hard, and his alms were accepted. This was done in accordance with the general principle of the divine administration, that God prefers the offering of the heart to external forms; the expressions of love to sacrifice without it. This he had often declared, Isaiah 1:11-15; Amos 5:21-22; 1 Samuel 15:22, “To obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams,” Hosea 6:6; Ecclesiastes 5:1. It should be remembered, however, that Cornelius was not depending on external morality. His heart was in the work of religion. It should be remembered, further, that he was ready to receive the gospel when it was offered to him, and to become a Christian. In this there was an important difference between him and those who are depending for salvation on their morality in Christian lands. Such people are inclined to defend themselves by the example of Cornelius, and to suppose that as he was accepted before he embraced the gospel, so they may be without embracing it. But there is an important difference in the two cases. For:

(1) There is no evidence that Cornelius was depending on external morality for salvation. His offering was that of the heart, and not merely an external offering.

(2) Cornelius did not rely on his morality at all. His was a work of religion. He feared God; he prayed to him; he exerted his influence to bring his family to the same state. Moral people do neither. “All their works they do to be seen of men”; and in their heart there is “no good thing toward the Lord God of Israel.” Compare 1 Kings 14:13; 2 Chronicles 19:3. Who ever hears of a man that “fears God,” and that prays, and that instructs his household in religion, that depends on morality for salvation?

(3) Cornelius was disposed to do the will of God as far as it was made known to him. Where this exists there is religion. The moral man is not.

(4) Cornelius was willing to embrace a Saviour when he was made known to him. The moral man is not. He hears of a Saviour with unconcern; he listens to the message of God’s mercy from year to year without embracing it. In all this there is an important difference between him and the Roman centurion; and while we hope that there may be many in pagan lands who are in the same state of mind that he was - disposed to do the will of God as far as made known, and therefore accepted and saved by his mercy in the Lord Jesus, yet this cannot be adduced to encourage the hope of salvation in those who do know his will, and yet will not do it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 10:4. 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.

These prayers and alms came up for a memorial before God: this is a manifest allusion to the meat-offering, which, in Leviticus 2:16, is said to be אזכרה azkerah, a memorial, (speaking after the manner of men,) to put God in remembrance that such a person was his worshipper, and needed his protection and help. So the prayers and alms of Cornelius ascended before God as an acceptable sacrifice, and were recorded in the kingdom of heaven, that the answers might be given in their due season.