Acts 10:6

Modern

He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

Traditional

He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner, whose house is by the sea side: he shall tell thee what thou oughtest to do.

Literal

He lodges with a certain Simon, a tanner whose house is by the sea.”

Latin

…hic hospitatur apud Simonem quemdam coriarium, cujus est domus juxta mare: hic dicet tibi quid te oporteat facere.

Greek

English

He is staying with Simon the tanner, whose house is by the sea.”

a centurion: This was the highest rank for an officer in the Roman army who was not commissioned. He led a century, a group of about 100 men. Luke often describes centurions positively (10:22; 21:32; 22:25–26; 23:17, 23; 27:6, 11, 43; 28:16; Luke 7:1–10; 23:47).
Luke wanted to show that Christianity was not against Roman officials or institutions. It could, like Judaism, be permitted in the Roman Empire (see Acts Book Introduction, “Purposes of Acts: Politics”).
in what was called the Italian Regiment: A regiment included six centuries; a Roman legion was usually divided into ten regiments. The New Testament mentions the Italian Regiment and the Imperial Regiment (Acts 27:1).

Theme notes and profiles

Acts 9:43
And Peter stayed for several days in Joppa with a tanner named Simon.
Romans 10:14–17
How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach?
Acts 11:13–14
He told us how he had seen an angel standing in his house and saying, ‘Send to Joppa for Simon who is called Peter.
John 7:17
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
Acts 9:6
“Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
Ephesians 4:8–12
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”

Simon: A tanner in Joppa who hosted Peter