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.”

Cross References

Acts 3:1

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.

Acts 5:19

But an angel from the Lord one night [miraculously] opened the jail doors and released them, saying,

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels ministering spirits sent out [by God] to serve those people who will inherit salvation?

Hebrews 1:4

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”].

Acts 27:23

For an angel from God, to whom I belong and whom I serve, appeared to me last night,

Acts 11:13

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]

Acts 10:30

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.

Acts 10:19

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.

Acts 10:17

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],

Acts 9:10

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.

Acts 9:4

He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying, “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?”

Luke 2:13

Then suddenly there appeared with the angel a large number of the heavenly “army” [i.e., of angels], who were praising God and saying,

Luke 1:11

Just then an angel from the Lord appeared to him, standing at the right side of the incense altar.

Matthew 27:46

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 10:9

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.].