Acts 10:9 - Exposition

Now on for on, A.V.; were for went, A.V. The house top ; the quietest and most retired place in an Eastern house. It is not inconsistent with this that the hour-top could also be made a place of special publicity, from its height and open space (see Luke 12:3 ). About the sixth hour . Noon, the second of the three hours of prayer among the Jews, called "the midday prayer." The last was the ninth hour ( Acts 3:1 ) and the first the third hour, nine in the morning ( Acts 2:15 ). See Psalms 54:1-7 :17.