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:
YLT: And on the morrow, as these are proceeding on the way, and are drawing nigh to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top 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.
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:
Τῇ | On the |
Parse: Article, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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δὲ | now |
Parse: Conjunction Root: δέ Sense: but, moreover, and, etc. |
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ἐπαύριον | next day |
Parse: Adverb Root: ἐπαύριον Sense: on the morrow, the next day. |
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ὁδοιπορούντων | as are journeying |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ὁδοιπορέω Sense: to travel, journey. |
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ἐκείνων | these |
Parse: Demonstrative Pronoun, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἐκεῖνος Sense: he, she it, etc. |
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πόλει | city |
Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: πόλις Sense: a city. |
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ἐγγιζόντων | approaching |
Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Genitive Masculine Plural Root: ἐγγίζω Sense: to bring near, to join one thing to another. |
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ἀνέβη | went up |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἀναβαίνω Sense: ascend. |
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Πέτρος | Peter |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Πέτρος Sense: one of the twelve disciples of Jesus. |
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δῶμα | housetop |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: δῶμα Sense: a building, house. |
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προσεύξασθαι | to pray |
Parse: Verb, Aorist Infinitive Middle Root: προσεύχομαι Sense: to offer prayers, to pray. |
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περὶ | about |
Parse: Preposition Root: περί Sense: about, concerning, on account of, because of, around, near. |
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ὥραν | hour |
Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὥρα Sense: a certain definite time or season fixed by natural law and returning with the revolving year. |
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ἕκτην | the sixth |
Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ἕκτος Sense: the sixth. |
Greek Commentary for Acts 10:9
Locative case of article with the compound adverb (hēmerāi day being understood), the second day after leaving Caesarea, 28 miles from Joppa. The third day (the next morrow, Acts 10:23) they start back home and the fourth day (on the morrow again, Acts 10:24) they reach Caesarea. [source]
The party of three from Caesarea. Genitive absolute with present participle hodoiporountōn (journeying) and eggizontōn (drew nigh). The housetop (to dōma). Old word and in Gospels (Luke 3:19, etc.), but only here in Acts. From demō to build, and so any part of the building (hall, dining room, and then roof). The roof was nearly flat with walls around and so was a good place for meditation and prayer and naps. [source]
Old word and in Gospels (Luke 3:19, etc.), but only here in Acts. From demō to build, and so any part of the building (hall, dining room, and then roof). The roof was nearly flat with walls around and so was a good place for meditation and prayer and naps. [source]
Those messengers, the servants and the soldier. The pronoun has a more specific reference than the English they. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 10:9
Very old word. The flat roof of Jewish houses was usually reached by outside stairway. Cf. Acts 10:9 where Peter went for meditation.Through the tiles (δια των κεραμων dia tōn keramōn). Common and old word for the tile roof. Mark 2:4 speaks of digging a hole in this tile roof.Let him down First aorist (k aorist) effective active of κατιημι kathiēmi common verb. Mark 2:4 has historical present χαλωσι chalōsi the verb used by Jesus to Peter and in Peter‘s reply (Luke 5:4.).With his couch (συν τωι κλινιδιωι sun tōi klinidiōi). Also in Luke 5:24. Diminutive of κλινη klinē (Luke 5:18) occurring in Plutarch and Koiné writers. Mark 2:4 has κραβαττον krabatton (pallet). It doubtless was a pallet on which the paralytic lay.Into the midst before Jesus The four friends had succeeded, probably each holding a rope to a corner of the pallet. It was a moment of triumph over difficulties and surprise to all in the house (Peter‘s apparently, Mark 2:1). [source]
Another apostle with a Greek name and associated with Philip again (John 6:7.), the man who first brought his brother Simon to Jesus (John 1:41). Andrew was clearly a man of wisdom for a crisis. Note the vivid dramatic presents here, cometh What was the crisis? These Greeks wish an interview with Jesus. True Jesus had said something about “other sheep” than Jews (John 10:16), but he had not explained. Philip and Andrew wrestle with the problem that will puzzle Peter on the housetop in Joppa (Acts 10:9-18), that middle wall of partition between Jew and Gentile that was only broken down by the Cross of Christ (Ephesians 2:11-22) and that many Christians and Jews still set up between each other. Andrew has no solution for Philip and they bring the problem, but not the Greeks, to Jesus. [source]