Acts 10:30

28 He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.

29 So when I was invited, I came without objection. I ask, then, why have you sent for me?”

Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me

31 and said, ‘Cornelius, your prayer has been heard, and your gifts to the poor have been remembered before God.

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.’

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Cornelius answered: “Four days ago I was in my house praying at this, the ninth hour. Suddenly a man in radiant clothing stood before me
KJV
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
WEB
Cornelius said, “Four days ago, I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour, I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing
ASV
And Cornelius said, Four days ago, until this hour, I was keeping the ninth hour of prayer in my house; and behold, a man stood before me in bright apparel,
DARBY
And Cornelius said, Four days ago I had been [fasting] unto this hour, and the ninth [I was] praying in my house, and lo, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
BLB
And Cornelius was saying, “Four days ago until this hour, the ninth hour, I was praying in my house; and behold, a man in bright apparel stood before me,
ÅB
Da sa Kornelius: For fire dager siden - det var da som nå ved den niende time - ba jeg i mitt hus, og se, en mann sto for meg i skinnende klær,
OTB
Kornelius svarte: "For fire dager siden, på denne timen, ba jeg i mitt hus ved den niende time, og plutselig sto en mann i skinnende klær foran meg
B1930
Da sa Kornelius: For fire dager siden - det var da som nu ved den niende time - bad jeg i mitt hus, og se, en mann stod for mig i skinnende klædebon,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Acts 10:3

    One day at about the ninth hour, he had a clear vision of an angel of God who came to him and said, “Cornelius!”

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  • Daniel 9:20–21

    While I was speaking, praying, confessing my sin and that of my people Israel, and presenting my petition before the LORD my God concerning His holy mountain—

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  • Nehemiah 9:1–3

    On the twenty-fourth day of the same month, the Israelites gathered together, fasting and wearing sackcloth, with dust on their heads.

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  • Ezra 9:4–5

    Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel gathered around me because of the unfaithfulness of the exiles, while I sat there in horror until the evening offering.

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  • Acts 10:23–24

    So Peter invited them in as his guests. And the next day he got ready and went with them, accompanied by some of the brothers from Joppa.

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  • Acts 1:10

    They were looking intently into the sky as He was going, when suddenly two men dressed in white stood beside them.

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  • Luke 24:4

    While they were puzzling over this, suddenly two men in radiant apparel stood beside them.

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  • Matthew 28:3

    His appearance was like lightning, and his clothes were white as snow.

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