Acts 10:11
New International Version
He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

New Living Translation
He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

English Standard Version
and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.

Berean Standard Bible
He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

Berean Literal Bible
and he beholds heaven opening, and a certain vessel as a great sheet descending, being let down upon the earth by four corners,

King James Bible
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

New King James Version
and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth.

New American Standard Bible
and he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

NASB 1995
and he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

NASB 1977
and he beheld the sky opened up, and a certain object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

Legacy Standard Bible
and saw heaven opened up, and an object like a great sheet coming down, lowered by four corners to the ground,

Amplified Bible
and he saw the sky opened up, and an object like a great sheet descending, lowered by its four corners to the earth,

Christian Standard Bible
He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

American Standard Version
and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he saw Heaven as it was opened, and a garment which was tied at the four corners like a great linen, and it was descending from Heaven to The Earth,

Contemporary English Version
He saw heaven open, and something came down like a huge sheet held up by its four corners.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he saw the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth:

English Revised Version
and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He saw the sky open and something like a large linen sheet being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

Good News Translation
He saw heaven opened and something coming down that looked like a large sheet being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

International Standard Version
and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.

Literal Standard Version
and he beholds Heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down on the earth,

Majority Standard Bible
He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth to him, bound at its four corners.

New American Bible
He saw heaven opened and something resembling a large sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by its four corners.

NET Bible
He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.

New Revised Standard Version
He saw the heaven opened and something like a large sheet coming down, being lowered to the ground by its four corners.

New Heart English Bible
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

Webster's Bible Translation
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

Weymouth New Testament
The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.

World English Bible
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

Young's Literal Translation
and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Peter's Vision
10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.…

Cross References
Ezekiel 1:1
In the thirtieth year, on the fifth day of the fourth month, while I was among the exiles by the River Kebar, the heavens opened and I saw visions of God.

John 1:51
Then He declared, "Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."

Acts 10:12
It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

Acts 11:5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.


Treasury of Scripture

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending on him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

saw.

Acts 7:56
And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.

Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came to pass in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Luke 3:21
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

and a.

Genesis 49:10
The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.

Isaiah 11:6-14
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them…

Isaiah 19:23-25
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians…

vessel.

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Acts 10
1. Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,
11. who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;
17. and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.
25. Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.
34. As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
44. the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized.














(11) A certain vessel descending . . .--The form of the vision corresponded, as has just been said, with the bodily condition of the Apostle. Its inward meaning may fairly be thought of as corresponding to his prayer. One who looked out from Joppa upon the waters of the Great Sea towards the far-off Isles of the Gentiles, might well seek to know by what process and under what conditions those who dwelt in them would be brought within the fold of which he was one of the chief appointed shepherds. The place, we may add, could not fail to recall the memory of the great prophet who had taken ship from thence, and who was conspicuous alike as a preacher of a gospel of repentance to the Gentiles, and, in our Lord's own teaching, as a type of the Resurrection (Matthew 12:40-41). The Apostle was to be taught, as the prophet had been of old, that the thoughts of God were not as his thoughts (Jonah 4:10-11).

A great sheet knit at the four corners.--Better, bound by four ends--i.e., those of the ropes by which it seemed to Peter's gaze to be let down from the opened firmament. The Greek word, literally beginnings, is used as we use "ends."

Verse 11. - He beholdeth the for saw, A.V. ; descending for descending unto him, A.V. and T.R.; were for had been, A.V.; let down by four corners upon the earth for knit at the four corners and let down to the earth, A.V. and T.R. The vessel coming down from the open heavens implied that the command to eat what was contained in it was given by revelation. The things sent were from God, and the command to eat was from God. Peter's hunger had prepared the way for the particular form of the vision.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
He saw
θεωρεῖ (theōrei)
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 2334: From a derivative of theaomai; to be a spectator of, i.e. Discern, (experience) or intensively (acknowledge).

heaven
οὐρανὸν (ouranon)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.

open
ἀνεῳγμένον (aneōgmenon)
Verb - Perfect Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 455: To open. From ana and oigo; to open up.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

something
τι (ti)
Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 5100: Any one, some one, a certain one or thing. An enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object.

like
ὡς (hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

a large
μεγάλην (megalēn)
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3173: Large, great, in the widest sense.

sheet
ὀθόνην (othonēn)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3607: A linen cloth, a sheet, sail. Of uncertain affinity; a linen cloth, i.e. a sail.

being let down
καθιέμενον (kathiemenon)
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Accusative Neuter Singular
Strong's 2524: To send, let down, lower. From kata; and hiemi; to lower.

to
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

earth
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

by its four
τέσσαρσιν (tessarsin)
Adjective - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 5064: Four. Or neuter tessara a plural number; four.

corners.
ἀρχαῖς (archais)
Noun - Dative Feminine Plural
Strong's 746: From archomai; a commencement, or chief.


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