Acts 10:6
4 Cornelius stared at him in fear and asked, “What is it, Lord?” The angel answered, “Your prayers and gifts to the poor have ascended as a memorial offering before God.
5 Now send men to Joppa to call for a man named Simon who is called Peter.
He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
7 When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
8 He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- KJV
- He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
- WEB
- He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
- ASV
- he lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side.
- DARBY
- He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea.
- BLB
- He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner whose house is by the sea.”
- ÅB
- han bor hos en garver som heter Simon, og som har et hus ved havet.
- OTB
- Han bor hos Simon, garveren, hvis hus ligger ved sjøen."
- B1930
- han bor hos en garver som heter Simon, og som har et hus ved havet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 9:43
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Read in contextActs 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Read in contextActs 11:13–14
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
Read in contextJohn 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
Read in contextEphesians 4:8–12
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
Read in contextRomans 10:14–17
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
Read in context