# Acts 10:4

> Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.

— Acts 10:4, Berean Standard Bible

## On the map

- **Caesarea** (Judea · today Caesarea Maritima) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/caesarea

## When

- c. AD 40-44 (counted from the text)
- Date source: Acts 11:28 announces the famine of Claudius's reign, which Tacitus (Annals XII.43) and Josephus (Antiquities XX.2) put in AD 46-48.

## Who ruled

- **Caligula**, emperor of Rome, AD 37-41 · Source: Suetonius, Caligula; Josephus, Antiquities XVIII-XIX
- **Claudius**, emperor of Rome, AD 41-54 · Source: Suetonius, Claudius; Tacitus, Annals XI-XII
- **Herod Agrippa I**, king of Judea, AD 41-44 · Source: Josephus, Antiquities XVIII.6-XIX.8, which dates his death to AD 44

## What happened

- **Cornelius receives the Spirit** (AD 40)
  A Roman officer and his household receive the Spirit before any Jewish rite. It is the decision the church spends the next chapters trying to understand.

## See also

- Philippians 4:6 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/philippians/4/6
- Hebrews 6:10 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/6/10
- Malachi 3:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/malachi/3/16
- Acts 10:31 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/31
- Psalms 141:2 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/141/2
- Revelation 8:4 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/8/4
- Luke 1:12-13 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/luke/1/12
- Hebrews 13:16 — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hebrews/13/16

Cross-references: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0.

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10/4
- Whole chapter: https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/acts/10
- License: Scripture: Berean Standard Bible (BSB), public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).