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.
KJV
Greek original
Louis Segond 1910
Les regards fixés sur lui, et saisi d'effroi, il répondit: Qu'est-ce, Seigneur? Et l'ange lui dit: Tes prières et tes aumônes sont montées devant Dieu, et il s'en est souvenu.
KJV
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.
Bonaventura
operaomnia vol3
, V. in Luc. (c. 7, 19.) n. 98. — Post quasi Vat. cum pluribus edd. diceret. 6 Act. 10, 4, et seq. locus ibid. v. 22. 7 Codd. et edd., exceplis 5, 6 et Vat., Unitatis. Cod. Erf. annotat : Alii Uilitatis. 8 Libr. II. in Ezech.,…
Thomas Aquinas
Summa Theologica
t sin in every action of theirs. On the contrary, It is said of Cornelius, while yet an unbeliever ( Acts 10:4 , 31 ), that his alms were acceptable to God. Therefore not every action of an unbeliever is a sin, but some of his actions are good. I answer that, As stated above ( FS…
Thomas Aquinas
Catena Aurea - Gospel of Matthew
ceive. 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 ] It happened that the disciples were then weak in faith;…
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