Acts 10:31

31 He said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

Acts 10:31 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:31

And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard
What he was now particularly making to God, as well as others he had before put up to him:

and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God;
(See Gill on Acts 10:4).

Acts 10:31 In-Context

29 So when I was sent for, I came without objection. Now may I ask why you sent for me?"

30 Cornelius replied, "Four days ago at this very hour, at three o'clock, I was praying in my house when suddenly a man in dazzling clothes stood before me.

31 He said, "Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.

32 Send therefore to Joppa and ask for Simon, who is called Peter; he is staying in the home of Simon, a tanner, by the sea.'

33 Therefore I sent for you immediately, and you have been kind enough to come. So now all of us are here in the presence of God to listen to all that the Lord has commanded you to say."