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.
And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What Is it, Lord? - language which, though half tremulously uttered, betokened childlike reverence and humility.
And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms - by the one his soul going out to God, and his hand by the other to men,
Are come up for a memorial before God - that is, an offering bringing thee into acceptable remembrance, an odour unto God of a sweet smell (see Leviticus 2:2 and Revelation 8:1).