Acts 10:9

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.

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.

¹⁰ He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

¹¹ He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

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: 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.
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:
WEB: 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.
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:
DARBY: 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.
BLB: Now on the next day, [in] their journeying and approaching the city, Peter went up on the housetop about the sixth hour to pray.

ÅB: Den neste dag, mens disse var på veien og nærmet seg til byen, gikk Peter ved den sjette time opp på taket for å be.
OTB: Dagen etter, mens de var på vei og nærmet seg byen, gikk Peter opp på taket omkring middagstid for å be.
B1930: Den næste dag, mens disse var på veien og nærmet sig til byen, gikk Peter ved den sjette time op på taket for å bede.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Zephaniah 1:5
those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom,
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Psalms 55:17
Morning, noon, and night, I cry out in distress, and He hears my voice.
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Jeremiah 32:29
And the Chaldeans who are fighting against this city will come in, set it on fire, and burn it, along with the houses of those who provoked Me to anger by burning incense to Baal on their rooftops and by pouring out drink offerings to other gods.
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Acts 6:4
and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
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Acts 10:8–32
He explained what had happened and sent them to Joppa.
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Mark 6:46
After bidding them farewell, He went up on the mountain to pray.
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Acts 11:5–14
“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
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Matthew 27:45
From the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land.
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