King James Version
Acts 10:9 in the King James Version says “On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about...” — study this verse from Acts chapter 10 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“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:”
Acts 10:9 · KJV
And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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:
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
KJV Study — Public Domain
“On the morrow”
G1887occurring on the succeeding day, i.e., (g2250 being implied) to-morrow
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“upon”
G1909properly, meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.), as a relation of distribution (with the genitive case), i.e., over, upon, etc.; of re
“about”
G4012properly, through (all over), i.e., around; figuratively with respect to; used in various applications, of place, cause or time (with the genitive cas
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