Acts 10:9 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 10:9

The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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:

KJV

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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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

St. Jerome, Commentary on Daniel, CHAPTER SIX (420)

[Daniel 6:10] "Now when Daniel learned of it, that is, of the law which had been enacted, he entered his house, and with the windows in his upper room opened up in the direction of Jerusalem, he continued to bow his knees three times a day and worshipped, and made confession before his God just as he was previously accustomed to do."

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Mat 6:6; Mat 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.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
Τῇ	Tēa	On the	G3588 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
ἐπαύριον	epaurion	next day	G1887 →
ὁδοιπορούντων	hodoiporountōn	when are journeying	G3596 →
ἐκείνων	ekeinōn	these	G1565 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
τῇ	tēa	to the	G3588 →
πόλει	polei	city	G4172 →
ἐγγιζόντων,	engizontōn	are approaching,	G1448 →
ἀνέβη	anebē	went up	G305 →
Πέτρος	Petros	Peter	G4074 →
ἐπὶ	epi	on	G1909 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
δῶμα	dōma	housetop	G1430 →
προσεύξασθαι	proseuxasthai	to pray	G4336 →
περὶ	peri	about	G4012 →
ὥραν	hōran	hour	G5610 →
ἕκτην.	hektēn	[the] sixth.	G1623 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 6:10
Now when Daniel learned that the document had been signed, he went into his house, where the windows of his upper room opened toward Jerusalem, and three times a day he got down on…
leads to
- Acts 5:29
  But Peter and the other apostles replied, “We must obey God rather than men.
- Psalms 55:17
  Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17–18
  Pray without ceasing.
Through
Psalms 55:17
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
leads to
- Ephesians 6:18
  Pray in the Spirit at all times, with every kind of prayer and petition. To this end, stay alert with all perseverance in your prayers for all the saints.
- 1 Thessalonians 5:17
  Pray without ceasing.
- Psalms 141:2
  May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Acts 3:1
  One afternoon Peter and John were going up to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.
- Hebrews 5:7
  During the days of Jesus’ earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His…