Acts 10:9

Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

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WEBBE

Now on the next day as they were on their journey and got close to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.

BSB

The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

KJV

On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

ASV

Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:

BBE

Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

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Τῇ Tēa On the G3588 δὲ de now G1161 ἐπαύριον epaurion next day G1887 ὁδοιπορούντων hodoiporountōn when are journeying G3596 ἐκείνων ekeinōn these G1565 καὶ kai and G2532 τῇ tēa to the G3588 πόλει polei city G4172 ἐγγιζόντων engizontōn are approaching G1448 ἀνέβη anebē went up G305 Πέτρος Petros Peter G4074 ἐπὶ epi on G1909 τὸ to the G3588 δῶμα dōma housetop G1430 προσεύξασθαι proseuxasthai to pray G4336 περὶ peri about G4012 ὥραν hōran hour G5610 ἕκτην hektēn [the] sixth G1623

The early church

"And on the morrow, as they journeyed, and drew nigh to the city" - observe how the Spirit connects the times: no sooner than this, and no later, He causes this to take place - "Peter about the sixth hour went up upon the housetop to pray": that is, privately and quietly, as in an upper chamber.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts
"And as they went on their journey, and drew nigh to the city": in order that Peter should not be in perplexity too long. "Peter went up upon the housetop," etc. Observe, that not even his hunger forced him to have recourse to the sheet.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–18

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.

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PrayerVisionHousePeterMissionsPrayerfulnessJoppa

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