“He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.”
'He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.'—the identifying detail (Simon the tanner, by the sea) echoes Acts 9:43 and shows narrative continuity; Peter's location has been known to heaven all along. The 'by the sea' (para thalassan) specifies the house's location and connects Joppa's maritime access to the gospel's movement across the Mediterranean.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:6
And the same, says he, is lodging with one Simon a tanner, who has his house by the seaside. Acts 10:6 Do you mark how the Apostles, for love of solitude and quiet, affected the retired quarters of the cities? With one Simon a tanner: how then if it chanced that there was another? Behold, there is another token, his dwelling by the seaside. All three tokens could not possibly coincide (elsewhere). He does not tell him for what purpose, that he may not take off the intense…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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