Acts Chapter 10 verse 9 Holy Bible
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:
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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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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.
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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:
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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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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,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - Now on for on, A.V.; were for went, A.V. The house top; the quietest and most retired place in an Eastern house (comp. 1 Samuel 9:25, 26). It is not inconsistent with this that the hour-top could also be made a place of special publicity, from its height and open space (see Luke 12:3). About the sixth hour. Noon, the second of the three hours of prayer among the Jews, called "the midday prayer." The last was the ninth hour (Acts 3:1) and the first the third hour, nine in the morning (Acts 2:15). See Psalm Iv. 17.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) As they went on their journey . . .--The distance from Caesarea 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 of prayer. The "hunger" mentioned in the next verse implies that up to that time he had partaken of no food, and makes it probable that it was one of the days, the second and fifth in the week, which the Pharisees and other devout Jews observed as fasts. The flat housetop of an Eastern house was commonly used for prayer and meditation (comp. Matthew 10:27; Matthew 24:17; Luke 17:31), and in a city like Joppa, and a house like that of the tanner, was probably the only place accessible for such a purpose.
