Acts 10:9
Now on the next day, as they were traveling and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray, at about the sixth hour.
English Majority Text (NT)
In The King James Version
In Context
8And explaining to them everything, he sent them to Joppa. 1 Peter's Vision
10And he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
Cross References
Matthew 6:6But you, whenever you pray, enter into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you openly.
Matthew 24:17Let the one on the housetop not go down to take the things out of his house.
Mark 1:35And in the very early morning before dawn, He arose and He went out, and went away to a deserted place; and there He was praying.
Matthew Henry on Acts 10:2-9
The Case of Cornelius. 1 There was a certain man in Cæsarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, 2 A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway. 3 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. 4 And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a… Read the whole commentary →