Then about three in the afternoon Jesus called out in a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani [Note: These words were spoken in the commonly used Aramaic language], which mean, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Acts 10:3 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition) About three o’clock one afternoon [Note: This is based on Jewish time calculations; if Roman time were employed, it would have been 9 AM], while he was wide awake, he had a vision in which an angel of God came to him [and spoke his name] “Cornelius.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition About the ninth hour (about 3:00 p.m.) of the day he saw clearly in a vision an angel of God entering and saying to him, Cornelius! American Standard Version (1901) He saw in a vision openly, as it were about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him, Cornelius. Common English Bible One day at nearly three o’clock in the afternoon, he clearly saw an angel from God in a vision. The angel came to him and said, “Cornelius!” Catholic Public Domain Version This man saw in a vision clearly, at about the ninth hour of the day, the Angel of God entering to him and saying to him: "Cornelius!" Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version This man saw in a vision manifestly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in unto him, and saying to him: Cornelius. |
Then about three in the afternoon Jesus called out in a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama, sabachthani [Note: These words were spoken in the commonly used Aramaic language], which mean, My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Just then an angel from the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the incense altar.
Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a large number of the heavenly “army” [i.e., of angels], who were praising God and saying,
Now while Peter was much perplexed over the meaning of this vision, the men sent by Cornelius, having learned where Simon [the tanner] lived, arrived at the gate [of his house],
While Peter was thinking about [the meaning of] the vision, the Holy Spirit said to him, “Look, there are three men [here] looking for you.
Cornelius [then] said, “Four days ago, when I was at home, praying at the appointed hour (i.e., three o’clock in the afternoon) [See verse 3], suddenly a man in bright clothing appeared in front of me.
As they were traveling the next day, and were coming close to the city [of Joppa], Peter went up about noontime [Note: Or 6 AM if calculating by Roman time], to the top of the house to pray [Note: The roofs of houses were flat areas, often used for resting, meals, prayer, etc.].
and he told us about seeing an angel standing in his house and saying [to him] ‘Send to Joppa for Simon Peter and bring him [here]
For an angel from God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, appeared to me last night,
Now Peter and John were going to the Temple at three o’clock one afternoon [Note: Jewish time calculations are employed here], during the regular [Jewish] prayer hour.
But an angel from the Lord one night [miraculously] opened the jail doors and released them, saying,
Now [in the meantime] the Lord spoke in a vision to a certain disciple named Ananias [who lived] in Damascus. He called to him by name, “Ananias.” “Yes, Lord, here I am” Ananias replied.
He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out [by God] to serve those people who will inherit salvation?
He had become as much superior [in rank] to the angels as the name He inherited [i.e., “Son.” See next verse] was superior to theirs [i.e., the name “angels” means “messengers”].