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:
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the house-top - or flat roof; the chosen place in the East, even to this day, for cool retirement,
To pray about the sixth hour (noon).
ACTS 10:9 e[kthn Instead of “sixth” hour ac 225 _al_ read “ninth” (evna,thn), making Peter’s prayer coincide with Cornelius’s prayer (ver. Acts 10:30)....
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 h...
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 ro...
CHAPTER 10 _ 1. Cornelius of Caesarea and his Preparation (Acts 10:1)._ 2. The Trance-vision of Peter (Acts 10:9). 3. Peter with Cornelius at Caesarea (Acts 10:17). 4. Peter Preaching to the Gentil...
ACTS 10:9. THE HOUSETOP TO PRAY: _ cf._ 2 Kings 23:12; Jeremiah 19:13; Daniel 6:10. SIXTH HOUR: an hour of prayer (cf....
On the next day, when they were on the way and when they were getting near the city, about midday Peter went up to the housetop to pray. He became hungry and he wanted something to eat. When they were...
A DEVOUT SOLDIER (Acts 10:1-8)...
HOUSETOP. house. PRAY. Greek. _proseuchomai._ App-134. ABOUT. Greek. _peri._ App-104. the sixth hour, i.e. midday. App-165....
Peter is prepared for their visit by a Vision 9. _Peter went up upon the house_ With the flat roofs of Eastern houses, to which access could be obtained from outside without passing through the rooms...
PETER IS PREPARED BY A VISION FOR THE COMING OF CORNELIUS’ MESSENGERS...
ἈΝΈΒΗ ΠΈΤΡΟΣ ἘΠῚ ΤῸ ΔΩ͂ΜΑ, _went up upon the housetop_. With the flat roofs of houses, to which access could be obtained from outside without passing through the rooms of the building, the housetop fo...
_PETER'S VISION WHILE ON THE HOUSETOP ACTS 10:9-18:_ Peter was prejudiced against Gentile and his Jewish prejudice had to be broken. While on a housetop praying Peter saw a vision of something like a...
ΤΉ ΈΠΑΎΡΙΟΝ (G1887) на следующий день, ΌΔΟΙΠΟΡΟΎΝΤΩΝ _praes. act. part. (temp.) от_ ΌΔΟΙΠΟΡΈΩ (G3596) путешествовать. _Gen. abs._, "пока они были в пути". Между Иоппией и Кесарией было расстояние око...
ON THE MORROW, &C.— As the messengers of Cornelius were upon the road, and just entering the town, St. Peter went up to the top of the house, to spend some time in retirement and devotion; for the Jew...
IN CAESAREA, Acts 10:1-48. a. Cornelius and his vision. Acts 10:1-8. Acts 10:1 Now there was a certain man in Caesarea, Cornelius by name, a centurion of the band called the Italian band,...
9-16. The scene of the narrative now changes again, from Cæsarea back to Joppa, and to the house of the tanner, where we left the Apostle Peter. Leaving the messengers of Cornelius on the way, Luke an...
There were two classes of proselytes: the proselytes of righteousness and the proselytes of the gate. The former, by circumcision and conformation to the Jewish ritual, became incorporated into the Je...
THE SIXTH HOUR] see on Acts 3:1. The flat housetop of Oriental houses is used for prayer, meditation, recreation, and sleeping (2 Kings 23:12) Nehemiah 8:16;...
PETER AND THE GENTILES 1-48. Conversion of Cornelius. The baptism of Cornelius was an event of farreaching importance, and is, therefore, described by St. Luke in great detail. If it was not the first...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 10 CORNELIUS THE SOLDIER, 10:1-8 V1 There was a man called Cornelius in Caesarea. He was a captain in the *Roman army. He was the captain of a...
AS THEY WENT ON THEIR JOURNEY... — The distance from Cæsarea to Joppa was about thirty Roman miles. TO PRAY ABOUT THE SIXTH HOUR. — As in Acts 3:1, we again find St. Peter observing the Jewish hours o...
CHAPTER 6 THE PETRINE VISION AT JOPPA. Acts 10:9 THERE are two central figures in the conversion of Cornelius. The one is the centurion himself, the other is St. Peter, the selected and predestined...
ὁδοι.: the distance was thirty miles; only here in N.T., not LXX; but ὁδοιπορία is found in N.T. and LXX; ὁδοιπόρος in LXX and Ecclus., but not in N.T.: all three words are found in classical Greek. I...
GUIDANCE FOR MEN WHO PRAY Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blooded G...
The story of Cornelius is remarkable. In himself, as Luke tells us, he was "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." This m...
Peter's Vision On the next day at noon, while the emissaries were on their way, Peter went to the top of Simon's house to pray. He became very hungry while preparations for the noon meal were being ma...
Stated hours for prayer were appointed both in the old and new law. Of this St. Cyprian writes: "In celebrating their prayers, we find that the three children of Daniel observed the third, sixth, and...
SANCTIFICATION OF CORNELIUS 1-48. Cornelius was a noted Roman officer living at Caesarea, the seat of the imperial government in Judea. The Holy Ghost pronounces him _Eusebees_, _i. e_., godly, and ce...
The distance from Caesarea to Joppa is about sixty miles, two light days for the pedestrians. Hence, starting in the morning, they arrive before night the afternoon of the following day. _Ekstasis_, t...
There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people,...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
9._On the morrow, as they journeyed. _As Luke declared that Cornelius was admonished by an oracle to send for Peter, so now he setteth down another vision, whereby Peter is commanded to come to him. W...
The undiminished power of Peter, his apostolic authority, in the midst of which the entrance of Cornelius into the spiritual house of God takes place, in connection with Peter's ministry, and that, af...
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 fro...
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: Ver. 9. _Upon the housetop to pray_] He got upon the leads, as...
_On the morrow, as they went_ For they set out too late to reach the place that night; _Peter went up upon the house-top to pray_ It has often been observed, in the course of these notes, that the hou...
HOUSE - TOP; the tops of the houses were flat, and pious people often resorted to them for meditation and prayer. SIXTH HOUR; twelve o'clock; with many, one of the stated hours of prayer. Psalms 55:17...
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;...
The vision of Peter:...
Gentiles also must now hear the gospel. The heart of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, had been already prepared by God, having a wholesome, genuine fear of God that proved itself in kind works toward the...
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. 1. Meanwhile, in the city of Joppa - Peter knows nothing of what is ab...
"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"Upon the housetop" Homes in Eastern culture had. flat roof...
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...
These houses were flat on the tops, and therefore they were commanded to make battlements for them, DEUTERONOMY 22:8. PETER WENT UP UPON THE HOUSETOP TO PRAY, that he might from thence view the temple...
9-16. The scene of the narrative now changes again, from Cæsarea back to Joppa, and to the house of the tanner, where we left the Apostle Peter. Leaving the messengers of Cornelius on the way, Luke an...
Tertullian On Prayer , for prayer's sake "at the sixth hour."[169] Tertullian On Fasting had, for the sake of taking food, gone up first on the roof to pray;[77] Origen Against Celsus Book II And...
Acts 10:9 G1161 day G1887 they G1565 journey G3596 (G5723) and G2532 near G1448 (G5723) city...
‘Now on the morrow, as they were on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, about the sixth hour.' It took them a day to get to Joppa. Meanwhile in Joppa Peter...
_St. Peter's Trance at Joppa,_ 9-16. Acts 10:9. ON THE MORROW. The distance from Cæsarea to Joppa is thirty-five miles along the coast-road due south. The messengers started late in the afternoon. Hen...
ON THE MORROW (τη επαυριον). Locative case of article with the compound adverb (ημερα day being understood), the second day after leaving Caesarea, 28 miles from Joppa. The third day (the next morro...
CONTENTS: Peter opens the gospel door to the Gentiles. Cornelius sends for Peter and Peter goes to Caesarea. Peter's sermon to Gentiles in Cornelius' house. Holy Spirit comes upon Gentile believers....
Acts 10:1. _Cornelius, a centurion._ The person to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel is described by name, Cornelius. By his occupation, a soldier. By his religion, a proselyte or converted...
THE NEXT DAY. They are coming near Joppa. So God sends Peter a vision to get him ready to go with them. Peter is a Jew, they are Gentiles. PETER WENT UP ON THE ROOF. The roof was flat, with a wall aro...
_There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion._ PETER’S VISION The record of the advance of the young Church gives in quick succession three typical conversions: first, that of t...
_On the morrow … Peter went up upon the housetop to pray._ RETIREMENT NECESSARY FOR PRAYER Have you noticed that if all day long there is not a knock at the door, there will be one if you retire to p...
ACTS—NOTE ON ACTS 10:9 HOUSETOP. Houses in Judea typically had flat roofs, used as living space. ⇐...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 10:1. THERE WAS.—Omitted in best MSS. CENTURION.—ἑκατοντάρχης (Acts 27:1) = ἑκατοντάρχος (Acts 21:32; compare Luke 7:2;...
EXPOSITION ACTS 10:1 Now _there was _(two last words in italics) for _there was _(in roman), A.V. and T.R.; _Cornelius by name _for _called Cornelius, _A.V. A glance at the map will show that Caesare...
In the first chapter of Acts, Jesus said to His disciples, "But you shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and you shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Ju...
1 Samuel 9:25; 1 Timothy 2:8; Acts 6:4; Acts 10:8; Acts 11:5;...
They [ε κ ε ι ν ω ν]. Those messengers, the servants and the soldier. The pronoun has a more specific reference than the English they....
THE STORY OF CORNELIUS Acts 10:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of the far-flu...