ACTS 10:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.—Peter's prayer timing (noon, midday) parallels the standard Jewish prayer hours. The roof (dōma, a flat Mediterranean roof) was a common place of prayer, exposure, and vision (as in Philip's transport and Paul's Macedonian call). The setting is liminal: between city and heaven, between routine and revelation.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:9
And on the morrow, as they journeyed, and drew near to the city Acts 10:9— observe how the Spirit connects the times: no sooner than this, and no later, He Causes this to take place — Peter about the sixth hour went up upon the housetop to pray: that is, privately and quietly, as in an upper chamber.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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