Elçilerin İşleri 10:4
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Çalışma Notu
Study Note
Cornelius's fear at the divine appearance and the angel's response — 'thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God' — presents his pre-Christian piety as accepted and remembered by God, raising significant questions about the relationship between sincere Gentile worship and salvific knowledge. The image of prayers and alms ascending 'as a memorial' (eis mnēmosunon) echoes the LXX language of memorial offerings (Leviticus 2:2, 9) that rise before God, implicitly sacralizing Cornelius's ethical and devotional practices within the framework of divine attention. The narrative goes on to insist (10:34-48) that the full gospel must still be proclaimed and received — Cornelius's piety was genuine but insufficient without Christ. The episode became central in discussions of general revelation, the unevangelized, and the relationship between sincere conscience and explicit faith.
Diğer Çeviriler
And he, fastening his eyes upon him, and being affrighted, said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are gone up for a memorial before God.
and he having looked earnestly on him, and becoming afraid, said, `What is it, Lord?' And he said to him, `Thy prayers and thy kind acts came up for a memorial before God,
And he, looking on him in fear, said, What is it, Lord? And he said to him, Your prayers and your offerings have come up to God, and he has kept them in mind.
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