the Week of Proper 21 / Ordinary 26
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Acts 10:9
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It was the following day when Cornelius's men were getting close to Joppa. About this time, Pete went up on the roof to pray. It was about noon and
On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
And on the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
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:
And on the morrow, as these were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
The next day, as they were traveling and nearing the city, Peter went up to pray on the housetop about noon.
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.
On the morrow, as they journeyed and drew nigh to the city, Peter went up on the house-top, to pray, about the sixth hour.
The next day, while they were still on their journey and were getting near the town, about noon Peter went up on the house-top to pray.
On the morrow as they went on their iourney, and drew nigh vnto the citie, Peter went vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixth houre.
And on the morrow, these passing along on the road, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about the sixth hour.
On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney, and came nye vnto the cite, Peter wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre.
On the morrow as they were on their journey, and drew nigh the city, Peter went upon the leads to pray, about the sixth hour.
The next day as the three travelers were approaching the town, Peter went out on the balcony to pray. It was about noon. Peter got hungry and started thinking about lunch. While lunch was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw the skies open up. Something that looked like a huge blanket lowered by ropes at its four corners settled on the ground. Every kind of animal and reptile and bird you could think of was on it. Then a voice came: "Go to it, Peter—kill and eat."
The next day, as they were on their way and were approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof of the house about the sixth hour (noon) to pray,
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:
The next day, as they were on their journey and coming near the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.
On the morowe as they wet on their iorney and drewe nye vnto the cite Peter went vp into the toppe of ye housse to praye aboute the .vi. houre.
Now on the next day, as they were on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour:
On the morrow, as they were going on their journey, and drew nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour:
And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour,
About noon the next day as they came near Joppa, Peter was going up to the roof to pray.
About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
The next day about noon these men were coming near Joppa. Peter went up on the roof of the house to pray
The next day about noon, while they were still on their way and approaching the city, Kefa went up onto the roof of the house to pray.
The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
On the morow as they went on their iourney, and drew neere vnto the citie, Peter went vp vpon the house to pray, about the sixt houre.
The next day, while they were on their journey, drawing near to the city, Simon Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about noontime.
Now on the next day as they were on their journey, and got close to the city, Kefa went up on the housetop to pray at about noon.
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AND the day after while they went on the way, and drew nigh to the city, Shemun ascended to the roof to pray, at the sixth hour.
And the next day, as they travelled the road and approached the city, Simon ascended the roof to pray, at the sixth hour.
The next day as Cornelius's messengers were nearing the town, Peter went up on the flat roof to pray. It was about noon,
The next day they went on their way. About noon they were coming near the town. At this time Peter went up on the roof to pray.
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:
About noon the next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.
Now, on the morrow, as those men were journeying, and, unto the city, drawing near, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour;
And on the next day, whilst they were going on their journey and drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up to the higher parts of the house to pray, about the sixth hour.
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:
And the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray at about the sixth hour.
On the morowe as they went on their iourney, and drewe nye vnto the citie, Peter went vp vnto the highest part of the house to pray, about the sixth houre.
The next day they were coming near Joppa about noon, when Peter was going up to the roof to pray.
On the next day, as they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.
The next day, as they were on their way and coming near Joppa, Peter went up on the roof of the house about noon in order to pray.
And on the dai suynge, while thei maden iournei, and neiyeden to the citee, Petre wente vp in to the hiest place of the hous to preie, aboute the sixte our.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Peter: Acts 10:8, Acts 11:5-10, 1 Samuel 9:25, Zephaniah 1:5, Matthew 6:6, Mark 1:35, Mark 6:46, 1 Timothy 2:8
the sixth: Acts 6:4, Psalms 55:17, Daniel 6:10, Matthew 20:5, Matthew 27:45, Ephesians 6:18
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:8 - thy roof 2 Samuel 11:2 - the roof of 1 Kings 18:42 - Elijah Daniel 9:21 - the time Acts 1:13 - Peter Acts 10:24 - the morrow Acts 11:2 - they Acts 22:17 - while
Cross-References
The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and afterward as well, when the sons of God had relations with the daughters of men. And they bore them children who became the mighty men of old, men of renown.
Now the earth was corrupt in the sight of God, and full of violence.
But the men of Sodom were wicked, sinning greatly against the LORD.
When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
As soon as Isaac had finished blessing him and Jacob had left his father's presence, his brother Esau returned from the hunt.
In the time of his distress, King Ahaz became even more unfaithful to the LORD.
"Look at the man who did not make God his refuge, but trusted in the abundance of his wealth and strengthened himself by destruction."
But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain and hill, even from the clefts of the rocks.
and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Woe to the women who sew magic charms on their wrists and make veils for the heads of people of every height, in order to ensnare their souls. Will you ensnare the souls of My people but preserve your own?
The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt each other with a net.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
On the morrow, as they went on their journey,.... From Caesarea to Joppa; Joppa is said to be six and thirty miles distant from Caesarea; so far Caesarea was from Lydda, but it seems to be further from Joppa; for according to Josephus b, from Joppa to Antipatris were a hundred and fifty furlongs, which are almost nineteen miles, and from thence to Caesarea were twenty six miles; unless there was a nearer way by the sea shore, as there was a way by that from Caesarea to Joppa, of which the above author makes mention c; wherefore they must either have set out the evening before, or early that morning, to get to Joppa by the sixth hour, or twelve o'clock at noon; as it seems they did, by what follows:
and drew nigh unto the city; that is, of Joppa, were but a little way distant from it:
Peter went up upon the housetop to pray; the roofs of houses in Judea were flat, and persons might walk upon them, and hither they often retired for devotion and recreation; :-,
:-, it was on the former count, namely for prayer, that Peter went up thither, and that he might, be private and alone, and undisturbed in the discharge of that duty. This being at a tanner's house, though not in his shop, brings to mind a canon of the Jews d,
"a man may not enter into a bath, nor into a tanner's shop, near the Minchah,''
or time of prayer. Now this was about the sixth hour or twelve o'clock at noon, when Peter went up to pray; at which time the messengers from Cornelius were near the city of Joppa; this was another time of prayer used by the Jews, and is what they call the great Minchah, which began at the sixth hour and an half, and so was as is here said, about the sixth hour :-
b Antiqu. l. 13. c. 13. c De Bello Jud. l. 5. c. 14. d Misn. Sabbat, c. 1. sect. 2.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Peter went up ... - The small room in the second story, or on the roof of the house, was the usual place for retirement and prayer. See the notes on Matthew 6:6; Matthew 9:2. Even when there was no room constructed on the roof, the roof was a common resort for retirement and prayer. Around the edge a battlement or parapet was commonly made, within which a person could be quite retired from public view. “At Jaffa, the ancient Joppa,” says Prof. Hackett (lllustrations of Scripture, p. 81), “where Peter was residing at the time of his vision on the house-top, I observed houses furnished with a wall around the roof, within which a person could sit or kneel without any exposure to the view of others, whether on the adjacent houses or in the streets. At Jerusalem I entered the house of a Jew early one morning, and found a member of the family, sitting secluded and alone on one of the lower roofs, engaged in reading the Scriptures and offering his prayers.”
Dr. Thomson (Land and the Book, vol. i. p. 52) says of these roofs, “When surrounded with battlements, and shaded by vines trained over them, they afford a very agreeable retreat, even at the sixth hour of the day - the time when Peter was favored with that singular vision, by which the kingdom of heaven was thrown open to the Gentile world.”
About the sixth hour - About twelve o’clock (at noon). The Jews had two stated seasons of prayer, morning and evening. But it is evident that the more pious of the Jews frequently added a third season of devotion, probably at noon. Thus, David says Psalms 55:17, “Evening and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud.” Thus, Daniel “kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed,” Daniel 6:10, Daniel 6:13. It was also customary in the early Christian church to offer prayer at the third, sixth, and ninth hours (Clem. Alex. as quoted by Doddridge). Christians will, however, have not merely stated seasons for prayer, but they will seize upon moments of leisure, and when their feelings strongly incline them to it, to pray.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 10:9. On the morrow, as they went on their journey — From Joppa to Caesarea was about twelve or fifteen leagues; the messengers could not have left the house of Cornelius till about two hours before sunset; therefore, they must have travelled a part of the night, in order to arrive at Joppa the next day, towards noon.-Calmet. Cornelius sent two of his household servants, by way of respect to Peter; probably the soldier was intended for their defence, as the roads in Judea were by no means safe.
Peter went up upon the house-top to pray — It has often been remarked that the houses in Judea were builded with flat roofs, on which people walked, conversed, meditated, prayed, c. The house-top was the place of retirement and thither Peter went for the purpose of praying to God. In Bengal, some of the rich Hindoos have a room on the top of the house, in which they perform worship daily.
