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Acts 10:9 KJV (With Strong’s)

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On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter wentt up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

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Acts 11:5• ⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me: (Acts 11:5)

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Acts 10:8• ⁸and related all things to them, he sent them to Joppa. (Acts 10:8)

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Acts 11:5‑10• ⁵I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
⁶on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
⁷And I heard also a voice saying to me, Rise up, Peter, slay and eat.
⁸And I said, In no wise, Lord, for common or unclean has never entered into my mouth.
⁹And a voice answered the second time out of heaven, What God has cleansed, do not *thou* make common.
¹⁰And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven; (Acts 11:5‑10)

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1 Sam. 9:25• ²⁵And they came down from the high place into the city, and he spoke with Saul upon the roof. (1 Sam. 9:25)

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Zeph. 1:5• ⁵and them that bow down to the host of the heavens upon the housetops; and them that bow down to Jehovah, that swear by him, and swear by Malcham; (Zeph. 1:5)

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Matt. 6:6• ⁶But *thou*, when thou prayest, enter into thy chamber, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret, and thy Father who sees in secret will render it to thee. (Matt. 6:6)

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Mark 1:35• ³⁵And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed. (Mark 1:35)

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Mark 6:46• ⁴⁶And, having dismissed them, he departed into the mountain to pray. (Mark 6:46)

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1 Tim. 2:8• ⁸I will therefore that the men pray in every place, lifting up pious hands, without wrath or reasoning. (1 Tim. 2:8)

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Acts 6:4• ⁴but *we* will give ourselves up to prayer and the ministry of the word. (Acts 6:4)

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Psa. 55:17• ¹⁷Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray and moan aloud; and he will hear my voice. (Psa. 55:17)

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Dan. 6:10• ¹⁰And when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and, his windows being open in his upper chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled on his knees three times a day, and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime. (Dan. 6:10)

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Matt. 20:5• ⁵Again, having gone out about the sixth and ninth hour, he did likewise. (Matt. 20:5)

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Matt. 27:45• ⁴⁵Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour; (Matt. 27:45)

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Eph. 6:18• ¹⁸praying at all seasons, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching unto this very thing with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints; (Eph. 6:18)

• Peter had not departed from that condition of dependence on God which he had expressed on the occasion of choosing “the seven” to their diaconal service. (“Acts 10:1-16” by W. Kelly)

• It was no question of repairing to the temple as once, or even to an oratory. The housetop sufficed; but it is well, when forms vanish, if the spirit abides and grows stronger as here. (“Acts 10:1-16” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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.

W. Kelly Translation

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And on the morrow, when they were journeying and drawing near to the city, Peter went up on the housetop to pray about [the] sixth hour;