Acts 10:4 (WEB)
He, fastening his eyes on him and being frightened, said, “What is it, Lord?” He said to him, “Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
Catechism · 1
“In the meantime, the whole life of the Church benefits from the mysterious and powerful help of angels.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Acts 5:18-20; 8:26-29; 10:3-8; 12:6-11; 27:23-25.
Fathers and councils · 9
Irenaeus of Lyons
“Wherefore send to Simon, who is called Peter.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 1–5.
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Jerome
“…the Lord Himself consecrated His baptism by a forty days’ fast, and He taught us that the more violent devilscannot be overcome, except by prayer and fasting.Cornelius the centurion was found worthy through alms-giving and frequent fasts to receive the gift of the Holy Spirit before baptism.The Apostle Paul, after…” — editor's note: Acts x. 4.
Read the whole comment“For through the mercy of God you have already put your hand to the plough; you have already gone up upon the housetop like the apostle Peter.” — editor's note: Acts x. 3–16.
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John Chrysostom
“For (it is said) “thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.” ( Acts x. 4.)” — the author cites it
Read the whole comment“For “thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 4.
Read the whole comment““For thy prayers,” it is said, “and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 4.
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Catena Aurea on Matthew
- John ChrysostomCatena Aurea on Matthew
“Cornelius and his household, by their faith, attracted to them the grace of the Holy Spirit [Acts 10:4]; but the dead man who was cast into the sepulchre was revived solely by virtue of the holy body. [2 Ki 13:21]” — the author cites it
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Tertullian
“…baptism, the honourable gift of the Holy Spirit, together with the gift of prophecy besides, had hastened to descend, we see that his fasts had been heard, I think, moreover, that the apostle too, in the Second of Corinthians, among his labours, and perils, and hardships, after “hunger and thirst,” enumerates…” — editor's note: See Acts x. 44–46, 1–4, 30.
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Cyprian of Carthage
“To this man, when he prayed about the ninth hour, appeared an angel bearing testimony to his labours, and saying, “Cornelius, thy prayers and thine alms are gone up in remembrance before God.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 2, 4.
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Cross-references · 4
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Matthew 17:19–21 (3) (Catena Aurea).