Text -- Acts 10:9 (NET)

10:9 About noon the next day, while they were on their way and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Act 10:9

¹ tn Grk “about the sixth hour.”

² tn The participles ὁδοιπορούντων (Jodoiporountwn, “while they were on their way”) and ἐγγιζόντων (engizontwn, “approaching”) have been translated as temporal participles.

³ sn Went up on the roof. Most of the roofs in the NT were flat roofs made of pounded dirt, sometimes mixed with lime or stones, supported by heavy wooden beams. They generally had an easy means of access, either a sturdy wooden ladder or stone stairway, sometimes on the outside of the house.