Acts 10:18

They called and were asking if a man named Simon, whose other name was Peter, was staying there.

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

And called, and asked whether Simon, which was surnamed Peter, were lodged there.

In Context

17While Peter was trying to understand what that vision meant, the men who had been sent by Cornelius {whom Cornelius had sent} arrived in Joppa. They asked people how to get to Simon’s house. So they found his house and were standing outside the gate.

19While Peter was still trying to understand what the vision meant, God’s Spirit said to him, “Three men are here who want to see you.

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Cross References

Acts 10:5So, now command some men to go to Joppa and tell them to bring back a man named Simon whose other name is Peter.

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:10-19

Peter's Vision. 9 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: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of… Read the whole commentary →

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