Acts 10:16

Acts 10:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
• New International Version (NIV)This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
• English Standard Version (ESV)This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
• New King James Version (NKJV)This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.

Context of Acts 10:16

14Peter answered, ‘No, Lord, I would certainly not do that. I have never eaten an animal that our Law says is unclean.’ 15Then, for the second time, the voice said to Peter, ‘God has made these animals good for people to eat. So you must not say that it is not right to eat them.’ All this happened three times. After that, the cloth immediately went back up into heaven. 17Just then, Cornelius's men arrived there in Joppa. They found Simon's house. When they stopped at the gate of the house, Peter was still thinking about his dream and what it meant. 18The men shouted out, ‘Is a man called Simon Peter staying here?’

Acts 10:16 word by word

τοῦτο δὲ ἐγένετο ἐπὶ τρίς, καὶ εὐθὺς ἀνελήμφθη τὸ σκεῦος εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·δέde · thenG1161
• Thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
• was doneγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
• ·ἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• thriceτρίςtris · three timesG5151
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the vesselὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the vesselσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
• was received upἀναλαμβάνωanalambanō · to take upG353
• againπάλινpalin · againG3825
• intoεἰςeis · towardG1519
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772

Cross-references for Acts 10:16

• Genesis 41:32God gave you two dreams with the same meaning because these things will certainly happen. God will cause them to happen very soon.
• John 21:17Jesus asked him a third time, ‘Simon, son of John, do you love me?’ Peter was sad because Jesus asked him a third time, ‘Do you love me?’ So he said to Jesus, ‘Lord, you know everything. You know that I really love you!’ Jesus said to him, ‘Take care of my sheep.
• 2 Corinthians 13:1This is the third time that I will be coming to visit you. Remember this: ‘There must be two or three people to say certainly that another person has done something wrong. Two or three people must agree what has happened.’

Commentaries on Acts 10:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16This was done thrice - For the greater certainty, and to make the deeper impression on the apostle's mind. And the vessel was received up again into heaven - Both Jews and Gentiles came equally from God; and to him, both, by the preaching of the Gospel, shall again return.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16This was done thrice - Three times, doubtless to impress the mind of Peter with the certainty and importance of the vision. Compare Genesis 41:32.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-16God gave Peter the same vision three times to confirm it was true (see Genesis 41:32; 2 Corinthians 13:1).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-169-16. upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 10:16

• Catholicity
• Dream
• Joppa
• Missions
• Parables
• Peter
• Vision

In the dictionaries

• Alms
• Clean
• Cornelius
• Intent
• Knit
• Respecter
• Trance
• Tree
• Warn
• Acts of the Apostles

Commentaries on Acts 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings