Acts 10:31

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Καὶ φησιν, Κορνήλιε, εἰσηκούσθη σου ἡ προσευχή, καὶ αἱ ἐλεημοσύναι σου ἐμνήσθησαν ἐνώπιον τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Transliteration

And he phēsin, Kornēlie, eisēkousthē of you the proseuchē, and the eleēmosynai of you emnēsthēsan enōpion of the Theou.

Grammar Details

• *phēsin*: present active indicative, 3rd singular - he says
• *Kornēlie*: vocative, masculine, singular - Cornelius (name)
• *eisēkousthē*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd singular - was heard/listened to
• *proseuchē*: nominative, feminine, singular - prayer
• *eleēmosynai*: nominative, feminine, plural - alms/acts of charity
• *emnēsthēsan*: aorist passive indicative, 3rd plural - were remembered/brought to remembrance
• *enōpion*: preposition with genitive - before/in front of
• *Theou*: genitive, masculine, singular - of God

Word Meanings

• *eisēkousthē*: was heard/listened to/was heeded
• *eleēmosynai*: alms/charitable gifts/acts of mercy
• *emnēsthēsan*: were remembered/brought to remembrance/taken note of

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:4 : 4 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.
• Phil 4:18 : 18 I have all things and more than enough: I am made full, having had from Epaphroditus the things which came from you, a perfume of a sweet smell, an offering well pleasing to God.
• Heb 6:10 : 10 For God is true, and will not put away from him the memory of your work and of your love for his name, in the help which you gave and still give to the saints.
• Rev 5:8 : 8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and the four and twenty rulers went down on their faces before the Lamb, having every one an instrument of music, and gold vessels full of perfumes, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Rev 8:3-4 : 3 And another angel came and took his place at the altar, having a gold vessel for burning perfume; and there was given to him much perfume, so that he might put it with the prayers of all the saints on the gold altar which was before the high seat. 4 And the smoke of the perfume, with the prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
• Lev 2:2 : 2 And let him take it to Aaron's sons, the priests; and having taken in his hand some of the meal and of the oil, with all the perfume, let him give it to the priest to be burned on the altar, as a sign, an offering made by fire, for a sweet smell to the Lord.
• Lev 2:9 : 9 And he is to take from the meal offering a part, for a sign, burning it on the altar; an offering made by fire for a sweet smell to the Lord.
• Lev 5:12 : 12 And let him come to the priest with it, and the priest will take some of it in his hand, to be burned on the altar as a sign, among the offerings of the Lord made by fire: it is a sin-offering.
• Isa 38:5 : 5 Go to Hezekiah, and say, The Lord, the God of David, your father, says, Your prayer has come to my ears, and I have seen your weeping: see, I will give you fifteen more years of life.
• Dan 9:23 : 23 At the first word of your prayer a word went out, and I have come to give you knowledge; for you are a man dearly loved: so give thought to the word and let the vision be clear to you.
• Dan 10:12 : 12 Then he said to me, Have no fear, Daniel; for from the first day when you gave your heart to getting wisdom and making yourself poor in spirit before your God, your words have come to his ears: and I have come because of your words.
• Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.