And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house, and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,
And Cornelius said, Four days ago. If the messengers were despatched on the first day, and on the second reached Joppa, started for Caesarea on the third, and on the fourth arrived, this would make out the four days.
I was fasting until this hour. Lachmann reads thus: 'Four days ago I was praying in my house at the ninth I was fasting until this hour. Lachmann reads thus: 'Four days ago I was praying in my house at the ninth hour' [leaving out neesteuoon (G3522), kai (G2532)]. His external authorities are weighty, perhaps of equal strength with those for the Received Text, but internal evidence is against him; because while it is easy to account for the dropping out of this short clause from many manuscripts-no mention of fasting being made in Acts 10:3 - its insertion, if spurious, can hardly be accounted for. Tischendorf abides by the Received Text.
And at the ninth [hour]. The bracketed word х hooran (G5610)] is an unauthorized addition to the text.
I prayed in my house, and behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing (see the note at Matthew 28:3).