New American Standard Bible 2020

Acts 10:9-16

9On the nextG1887 dayG1887, as they were on their wayG3596 and approachingG1448 the cityG4172, 1PeterG4074 wentG305 upG305 on 2the 3housetopG1430 aboutG4012 4 5the sixthG1623 hourG5610 to prayG4336. 10But he becameG1096 hungryG4361 and wantedG2309 to eatG1089; but while they were makingG3903 preparationsG3903, he 6fellG1096 into a tranceG1611; 11and he sawG2334 7the skyG3772 openedG455 upG455, and an 8objectG4632 likeG5613 a greatG3173 sheetG3607 comingG2597 downG2597, loweredG2524 by fourG5064 cornersG746 to the groundG1093, 12and on it were allG3956 kinds of four-footedG5074 animalsG5074 and 9crawlingG2062 creaturesG2062 of the earthG1093 and birdsG4071 of the skyG3772. 13A voiceG5456 cameG1096 to him, “GetG450 upG450, PeterG4074, 10killG2380 and eatG2068!” 14But PeterG4074 saidG3004, “By noG3365 meansG3365, 11LordG2962, for 12I have neverG3763 eatenG2068 anythingG3956 13unholyG2839 and uncleanG169.” 15AgainG3825 a voiceG5456 came to him a secondG1208 timeG1208, “14WhatG3739 GodG2316 has cleansedG2511, noG3361 longer 15considerG2840 unholyG2839.” 16ThisG3778 happenedG1096 threeG5151 timesG5151, and immediatelyG2117 the 16objectG4632 was takenG353 upG353 into the skyG3772.

Notes

1. Acts 10:9 Acts 10:9-32; 11:5-14 ↩
2. Acts 10:9 Jer 19:13; 32:29; Zeph 1:5; Matt 24:17 ↩
3. Acts 10:9 Housetops were flat living areas ↩
4. Acts 10:9 I.e., noon ↩
5. Acts 10:9 Ps 55:17; Acts 10:3 ↩
6. Acts 10:10 Acts 11:5; 22:17 ↩
7. Acts 10:11 John 1:51 ↩
8. Acts 10:11 Or vessel ↩
9. Acts 10:12 Or reptiles ↩
10. Acts 10:13 Or sacrifice ↩
11. Acts 10:14 Matt 8:2ff; John 4:11ff; Acts 9:5; 22:8 ↩
12. Acts 10:14 Lev 11:20-25; Deut 14:4-20; Ezek 4:14; Dan 1:8; Acts 10:28 ↩
13. Acts 10:14 Or profane; lit common ↩
14. Acts 10:15 Matt 15:11; Mark 7:19; Rom 14:14; 1 Cor 10:25ff; 1 Tim 4:4f; Titus 1:15 ↩
15. Acts 10:15 Lit make common ↩
16. Acts 10:16 Or vessel ↩