Acts 10:9
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New International Version (©1984)
About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
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.

International Standard Version (©2008)
Around noon the next day, while they were on their way and coming close to the town, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Around noon the next day, while Cornelius' men were on their way and coming close to Joppa, Peter went on the roof to pray.

King James Bible
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:

American King James Version
On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

American Standard Version
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:

Bible in Basic English
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:

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
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:

Webster's Bible Translation
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:

Weymouth New Testament
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.

World English Bible
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.

Young's Literal Translation
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,

Geneva Study Bible

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:

People's New Testament

10:9 On the morrow, as they... drew nigh to the city. Starting in the evening, after three o'clock, they could be near Joppa, thirty miles distant, the next day, at the sixth hour, or about twelve o'clock.

Went up upon the house top to pray. To the flat roof of the house, surrounded by the usual balustrade about four feet high, a place of retirement, and often the sleeping place of the family in the warm season. Moses required balustrades to the roofs (De 22:8). See also 1Sa 9:25.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

9-16. upon the housetop-the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement.

the sixth hour-noon.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

10:9-18 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.


Psalm 55:17 Evening and morning and at noon, I will complain and murmur, And He will hear my voice.
Jeremiah 19:13 "The houses of Jerusalem and the houses of the kings of Judah will be defiled like the place Topheth, because of all the houses on whose rooftops they burned sacrifices to all the heavenly host and poured out drink offerings to other gods."'"
Jeremiah 32:29 "The Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will enter and set this city on fire and burn it, with the houses where people have offered incense to Baal on their roofs and poured out drink offerings to other gods to provoke Me to anger.
Zephaniah 1:5 "And those who bow down on the housetops to the host of heaven, And those who bow down and swear to the LORD and yet swear by Milcom,
Matthew 24:17 "Whoever is on the housetop must not go down to get the things out that are in his house.
Acts 10:3 About the ninth hour of the day he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God who had just come in and said to him, "Cornelius!"
Acts 11:5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, an object coming down like a great sheet lowered by four corners from the sky; and it came right down to me, (NASB ©1995)

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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:

Peter. 8 11:5-10 1Sa 9:25 Zep 1:5 Mt 6:6 Mr 1:35 6:46 1Ti 2:8

the sixth. 6:4 Ps 55:17 Da 6:10 Mt 20:5 27:45 Eph 6:18

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