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Acts 10:6
6He is staying at the house of Simon the tanner. His house is near the sea.’
Acts 10:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
- New International Version (NIV)He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)He is lodging with one Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea."
- New King James Version (NKJV)He is lodging with Simon, a tanner, whose house is by the sea. He will tell you what you must do.”
Context of Acts 10:6
4Cornelius looked at the angel and he was afraid. He asked, ‘Master, why have you come to me?’ The angel answered, ‘God has heard your prayers. He knows about all the money that you give to poor people. This has pleased him. Now God is answering your prayers. 5You must send some men to Joppa. They will find a man who is staying there. He is called Simon Peter. Your men must tell him to come here to Caesarea. He is staying at the house of Simon the tanner. His house is near the sea.’ 7Then the angel who spoke to Cornelius went away. Cornelius told two of his servants and a soldier of his group to come to him. The soldier was one of those who served Cornelius. He was a good man who obeyed God. 8Cornelius explained to these three men what the angel had said to him. Then he sent them to Joppa.
Read all of Acts 10Acts 10:6 word by word
οὗτος ξενίζεται παρά τινι Σίμωνι βυρσεῖ, ᾧ ἐστιν οἰκία παρὰ θάλασσανRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Heοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- lodgethξενίζωxenizō · to hostG3579
- withπαράpara · from/with/besideG3844
- oneτιςtis · oneG5100
- SimonΣίμωνSimōn · SimonG4613
- a tannerβυρσεύςburseus · tannerG1038
- whoseὅςhos hē ho · whichG3739
- houseοἰκίαoikia · homeG3614
- isεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
- the sea sideθάλασσαthalassa · seaG2281
- shall tellλαλέωlaleō · to speakG2980
- theeσύsu · youG4771
- whatτίςtis · which?G5101
- oughtestδεῖdei · be necessaryG1163
- to doποιέωpoieō · to do/make: doG4160
Cross-references for Acts 10:6
- Acts 9:43Peter stayed in Joppa for many days. He stayed with a man called Simon, who was a tanner.
- Acts 9:6Now you must get up and go into the city. Someone there will tell you what you must do.’
- Acts 11:13Then Cornelius told us what had happened to him. He had seen an angel who appeared in his house and said to him, “Send some men to Joppa to fetch a man who is called Simon Peter.
- John 7:17Anyone who chooses to do what God wants will know about my teaching. They will know whether it comes from God, or whether it comes from my own thoughts.
- Romans 10:14But people will never ask Christ to help them if they have not believed in him. And they will never believe in him if they have not heard about him. And they will not hear about him unless somebody tells God's message to them.
- Ephesians 4:8This is what it says about him: ‘When he went up to the highest place, he led many prisoners with him. Then he gave gifts to his people.’
Commentaries on Acts 10:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Simon a tanner - See the note on Acts 9:43. What thou oughtest to do - From this it appears that matters of great moment had occupied the mind of Cornelius. He was not satisfied with the state of his own soul, nor with the degree he possessed of religious knowledge; and he set apart a particular time for extraordinary fasting and prayer, that God might farther reveal to him the knowledge of his will. Perhaps he had heard of Jesus, and had been perplexed…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6He lodgeth - He remains as a guest at his house. See Acts 9:43. By the sea-side - Joppa was a seaport on the Mediterranean. Tanneries are erected on the margin of streams or of any body of water to convey away the filth produced in the operation of dressing skins.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-8a centurion: This was the highest rank for an officer in the Roman army who was not commissioned. He led a century, a group of about 100 men. Luke often describes centurions positively (10:22; 21:32; 22:25–26; 23:17, 23; 27:6, 11, 43; 28:16; Luke 7:1–10; 23:47). Luke wanted to show that Christianity was not against Roman officials or institutions. It could, like Judaism, be permitted in the Roman Empire (see Acts Book Introduction, “Purposes of Acts…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-63-6. 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" (Ac 10:30), perhaps from the sixth hour (Ac 10:9).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Acts 10
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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