Acts 10:6
in Acts 10He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
KJV
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
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This verse in Acts 10
Commentary
11 notes on this verseSimon a tanner - See the note on Act 9:43. What thou oughtest to do - From this it appears that matters of great moment had occupied the mind of Cornelius. He was not satisfied with the state of his own soul, nor with the degree he possessed of religious knowledge; and he set apart a particular time for extraordinary fasting and prayer, that God might farther reveal to him the knowledge of his will.
This site's exposition
send men to Joppa
on Acts 10:5-6
Send men to Joppa, and call for one Simon, whose surname is Peter gives Cornelius specific, checkable directions, down to the detail that he lodges with a tanner by the sea side, the kind of precision Luke's history keeps throughout the book. God could have told Cornelius the gospel directly through the angel, and does not, choosing instead to send him to a human messenger, a pattern the bench reads as consistent with how the gospel spreads everywhere else in Acts, through witnesses rather than direct revelation alone.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers2 voices
They do not mention that both the Ethiopian and Cornelius held office, but that by their wealth and the influence surrounding them they were not hindered from living devoutly. This man therefore is not a Jew, nor under the laws, but already had anticipated our …
"And the same," saith he, "is lodging with one Simon a tanner, who hath his house by the seaside." Do you mark how the Apostles, for love of solitude and quiet, affected the retired quarters of the cities? "With one Simon a tanner": how then if it chanced that there was another? Behold, there is another token, his dwelling by the seaside. All three tokens could not possibly coincide elsewhere.
The Medieval Church2 voices
"He is staying with a certain Simon, a tanner." So that they would not go to someone else, he identifies this man not only by name but also by the place where he is: "whose house is by the sea." The Apostles chose places far …
And summon Simon, who is called Peter; he lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. All things in the Holy Scriptures are filled with spiritual figures, even the names and the location of places. Peter lodges in the house …
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, &c.
4 more voices on this verse
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Now that God has given a further record concerning his Son than what had been given in the Old-Testament prophecies he requires that we receive this when it is brought to us; and now neither our prayers nor our alms can come up for a memorial before God unless we believe in Jesus Christ, for it is that further which we ought to do. This is his commandment, that we believe.
We are not told what his prayer was; but if this message was an answer to it, and it should seem it was, we may suppose that finding the deficiency of natural light, and that it left him at a loss how to obtain the pardon of his sin and the favour of God, he prayed that God would make some further discoveries of himself and of the way of salvation to him.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
saw . . . evidently--"distinctly." the ninth hour of the day--three o'clock, the hour of the evening sacrifice. But he had been "fasting until that hour" (Ac 10:30), perhaps from the sixth hour (Ac 10:9).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
He lodgeth - He remains as a guest at his house. See Act 9:43. By the sea-side - Joppa was a seaport on the Mediterranean. Tanneries are erected on the margin of streams or of any body of water to convey away the filth produced in the operation of dressing skins.
The words behind it
11 Greek wordsEvery Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Greek | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| οὗτος | houtos | He | G3778 → | 1381 times |
| ξενίζεται | xenizetai | lodges | G3579 → | 10 times |
| παρά | para | with | G3844 → | 192 times |
| τινι | tini | a certain | G5100 → | 528 times |
| Σίμωνι | simoni | Simon | G4613 → | 75 times |
| βυρσεῖ, | bursei | a tanner, | G1038 → | 3 times |
| ᾧ | ho | whose | G3739 → | 1405 times |
| ἐστιν | estin | is | G1510 → | 2333 times |
| οἰκία | oikia | [the] house | G3614 → | 93 times |
| παρὰ | para | by | G3844 → | 192 times |
| θάλασσαν | thalassan | [the] sea | G2281 → | 90 times |
οὗτοςHe
houtosG3778 →1381 times
ξενίζεταιlodges
xenizetaiG3579 →10 times
παράwith
paraG3844 →192 times
τινιa certain
tiniG5100 →528 times
ΣίμωνιSimon
simoniG4613 →75 times
βυρσεῖ,a tanner,
burseiG1038 →3 times
ᾧwhose
hoG3739 →1405 times
ἐστινis
estinG1510 →2333 times
οἰκία[the] house
oikiaG3614 →93 times
παρὰby
paraG3844 →192 times
θάλασσαν[the] sea
thalassanG2281 →90 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
6 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 7:17If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
it leads to
- John 8:31–32
So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.
- John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.
- Jeremiah 31:33–34
“But this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD. I will put My law in their minds and inscribe it on their hearts. And…
- John 8:47
Whoever belongs to God hears the words of God. The reason you do not hear is that you do not belong to God.”
- Daniel 12:10
Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- John 8:31–32
Through
Acts 9:43And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
it leads to
- Acts 10:32
Therefore send to Joppa for Simon, who is called Peter. He is a guest in the home of Simon the tanner, by the sea.’
- Acts 10:32
Where this verse is studied
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About Acts
This page draws on 10 works. Open the list of works
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Bede, Retractions on Acts; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 22; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.