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Acts 10:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
Acts 10:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 But when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, [a]What is it, Lord? and he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are [b]come up into [c]remembrance before God.
5 Now therefore send men to Joppa, and call for Simon, whose surname is Peter.
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
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- Acts 10:4 What wilt thou with me, Lord? for he settleth himself to hear.
- Acts 10:4 This is a borrowed kind of speech, which the Hebrews use very much, taken from sacrifices, and applied to prayers: for it is said of whole burnt sacrifices, that the smoke and savor of them goeth up into God’s nostrils: so do our prayers as a sweet-smelling sacrifice which the Lord taketh great pleasure in.
- Acts 10:4 That is, insomuch that they will not suffer God as it were, to forget thee: for so doth the Scripture use oftentimes to prattle with us as nurses do with little children, when they frame their tongues to speak.
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