He stared at him, terrified, and said, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have gone up before God, and he has remembered them.
In context
2He was devout, and so was his whole household: he feared God, gave generously to the people, and prayed to God constantly. 3One afternoon, about the ninth hour, he saw plainly in a vision an angel of God come in to him and say, “Cornelius.” 4He stared at him, terrified, and said, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and your gifts to the poor have gone up before God, and he has remembered them. 5Now send men to Joppa for a certain Simon who is called Peter. 6He is lodging with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
