31 And said, Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance in the sight of God.
31 and said, 'Cornelius, God has heard your prayer and remembered your gifts to the poor.
31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard and your alms have been remembered before God.
31 He said, 'Cornelius, your daily prayers and neighborly acts have brought you to God's attention.
31 and said, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your alms are remembered in the sight of God.
31 He told me, 'Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been noticed by God!
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 10:31
Commentary on Acts 10:19-33
(Read Acts 10:19-33)
When we see our call clear to any service, we should not be perplexed with doubts and scruples arising from prejudices or former ideas. Cornelius had called together his friends, to partake with him of the heavenly wisdom he expected from Peter. We should not covet to eat our spiritual morsels alone. It ought to be both given and taken as kindness and respect to our kindred and friends, to invite them to join us in religious exercises. Cornelius declared the direction God gave him to send for Peter. We are right in our aims in attending a gospel ministry, when we do it with regard to the Divine appointment requiring us to make use of that ordinance. How seldom ministers are called to speak to such companies, however small, in which it may be said that they are all present in the sight of God, to hear all things that are commanded of God! But these were ready to hear what Peter was commanded of God to say.