Acts 10:5
send to Joppa . . . for one Simon, etc.—(See on Acts 9:11).
3 About1 the ninth hour of the day ahe saw clearly in a vision an angel of God coming in and saying to him, “Cornelius!”
4 And when he observed him, he was afraid, and said, “What is it, lord?” So he said to him, “Your prayers and your alms have come up for a memorial before God.
5 Now asend men to Joppa, and send for Simon whose surname is Peter.
6 He is lodging with aSimon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. bHe will tell you what you must do.”
7 And when the angel who spoke to him had departed, Cornelius called two of his household servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him continually.
8 So when he had explained all these things to them, he sent them to Joppa.
Peter’s Vision
9 The next day, as they went on their journey and drew near the city, aPeter went up on the housetop to pray, about1 the sixth hour.
10 Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance
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Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Acts 10:3-6
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" (Acts 10:30), perhaps from the sixth hour (Acts 10:9).
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