He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
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He is staying with a tanner named Simon, whose house is by the seaside.
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He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner whose housse is by the see syde. He shall tell the what thou oughtest to doo.
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Hee lodgeth with one Simon a Tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to doe.
Cross-references (6)
Passages linked to Acts 10:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Acts 9:43 He stayed many days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
- John 7:17 If anyone desires to do his will, he will know about the teaching, whether it is from God, or if I am speaking from myself.
- Acts 9:6 But rise up and enter into the city, then you will be told what you must do.”
- Acts 11:13-14 He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, ‘Send to Joppa, and get Simon, who is called Peter, who will speak to you words by which you will be saved, you and all your house.’
- Romans 10:14-17 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher? And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!” But they didn’t all listen to the glad news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our report?” So faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
- Ephesians 4:8-12 Therefore he says, “When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to people.” Now this, “He ascended”, what is it but that he also first descended into the lower parts of the earth? He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. He gave some to be apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers; for the perfecting of the saints, to the work of serving, to the building up of the body of Christ,
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose…
6 He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.
Ver. 6. With one Simon a tanner] God knoweth all his by name, and condition of life.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These particulars, when found true by Cornelius, did very…
These particulars, when found true by Cornelius, did very much advantage him towards his believing what Peter in the name of the Lord did tell him.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, &c. Simon…
He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, &c. Simon the tanner was his host; this man very probably was a good man, and one that lodged strangers; of his trade; see Gill on Act 9:43.
whose house is by the sea side; Joppa was a sea port, Ch2 2:16 Jon 1:3 hence we read of , "the sea of Joppa" (x); and also of , "the port of Joppa" (y); now Simon's house was in the outer part of the city, and by the sea side, as well for convenience for his business, as because such trades might not be exercised within a city; being nauseous and disagreeable, because of their skins and manner of dressing them, and the dead carcasses from whence they often took them off; hence that rule of the Jews (z),
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"they place dead carcasses, graves, , "and a tanner's workshop", (in which he dresses his skins,) fifty cubits from the city; nor do they make a tanner's workshop, but at the eastern part of the city. R. Abika says, it may be made at every part excepting the west.''
The reason of that, as given by the (a) commentators, is, because prayer was made towards the west, where the temple stood, and the divine presence was. The Ethiopic version very wrongly renders it, "and the house of Cornelius is near the sea"; for not his, but Simon's is meant:
he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do; he was to tell him words, or to deliver doctrines to him, by which he and his family would be better instructed in the way of salvation, and arrive to a greater degree of knowledge of Christ, and faith in him, and be brought to a submission to his commands and ordinances; see Act 10:22, this clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in some others, and in the Syriac and Arabic versions.
(x) Ezra iii. 7. Targum in 2 Chron. ii. 16. (y) T. Hieros. Yoma, fol. 41. 1. Joseph. Antiqu. l. 11. c. 4. sect. 1. & 13. 9. 1 Maccab. xiv. 5. 1. Esdr. v. 55. (z) Misn. Bava Bathra, c. 2. sect. 9. (a) Maimou. & Bartenora in ib.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 6. Simon a tanner] See Clarke on Ac…
Verse 6. Simon a tanner] See Clarke on Ac 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 with the different opinions that prevailed concerning him, and now prayed to God that he might know what part he should take; and the answer to this prayer is, "Send to Joppa for Simon Peter, he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do." This clause, so explanatory, is wanting in almost every MS. and version of note. Griesbach and some others have left it out of the text. But see Ac 11:14, where it stands in substance.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain He lodgeth - He remains as a guest at…
He lodgeth - He remains as a guest at his house. See Act 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.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 6. A tanner—See note on Act_9:43.
6. A tanner—See note on Act_9:43.
By the sea side—For the sake of the necessary water in preparing the hides, and separate from dwellings on account of fetid and unhealthy odours. The Jewish rule was, “Separate corpses, sepulchres, and tanneries fifty cubits from the city.”
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to…
6. he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do] These words are not in the oldest MSS. In Peter’s own account of the visit to Cornelius (Act_11:14) we have “who shall tell thee words whereby thou and all thy house shall be saved;” and this is one of the numerous instances found in some later texts of the Acts where an attempt has been made to form a complete narrative in the earlier chapters by gathering together and adapting statements which appear in their proper place in later chapters. The prayers of Cornelius had been for more knowledge and greater light, and the angel directs him to the instructor whom he desires. The inserted words probably first appeared as a note on the margin.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain The last clause in the A.V. and T.R., "he…
The last clause in the A.V. and T.R., "he shall tell thee," etc., is omitted in the R.V.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 6. Simon a tanner, whose house is by the…
6. Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea-side. See notes on 9:43. Tanners were required, by the ancient sanitary laws, to live outside city walls, and had to be near plenty of water (Hackett). Tell thee what thou oughtest to do. As the angel says that his prayer was heard, he had surely prayed that he might know what to do.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain See notes on verse 3
See notes on verse 3
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