Acts 10:11

Acts 10:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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:
• English Standard Version (ESV)and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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 Living Translation (NLT)He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

Context of Acts 10:11

9About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles and birds. 13Then a voice told him, “Get up, Peter. Kill and eat.”

Acts 10:11 word by word

καὶ θεωρεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἀνεῳγμένον καὶ καταβαῖνον σκεῦός τι ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιέμενον ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andκαίkai · andG2532
• sawθεωρέωtheōreō · to see/experienceG2334
• heavenὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• heavenοὐρανόςouranos · heavenG3772
• openedἀνοίγωanoigō · to openG455
• a certainτιςtis · oneG5100
• vesselσκεῦοςskeuos · vesselG4632
• descendingκαταβαίνωkatabainō · to come/go downG2597
• untoἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• asὡςhōs · as/whenG5613
• it had been a greatμέγαςmegas · greatG3173
• sheetὀθόνηothonē · sheetG3607
• knitδέωdeō · to bindG1210
• at the fourτέσσαρεςtessares tessara · fourG5064
• cornersἀρχήarchē · beginningG746
• let downκαθίημιkathiēmi · to lowerG2524
• the earthγῆgē · earth: planetG1093

Cross-references for Acts 10:11

• Acts 7:56“Look,” he said, “I see heaven open and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God.”
• Ezekiel 1:1In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.
• Luke 3:21When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as he was praying, heaven was opened
• John 1:51He then added, “Very truly I tell you, you will see ‘heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending on’ the Son of Man.”
• Revelation 4:1After this I looked, and there before me was a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had first heard speaking to me like a trumpet said, “Come up here, and I will show you what must take place after this.”
• Revelation 11:19Then God’s temple in heaven was opened, and within his temple was seen the ark of his covenant. And there came flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake and a severe hailstorm.
• Revelation 19:11I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and wages war.
• Genesis 49:10The scepter will not depart from Judah, nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet, until he to whom it belongs shall come and the obedience of the nations shall be his.
• Isaiah 11:6The wolf will live with the lamb, the leopard will lie down with the goat, the calf and the lion and the yearling together; and a little child will lead them.
• Isaiah 19:23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
• Isaiah 43:6I will say to the north, ‘Give them up!’ and to the south, ‘Do not hold them back.’ Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth—
• Isaiah 56:8The Sovereign Lord declares— he who gathers the exiles of Israel: “I will gather still others to them besides those already gathered.”
• Matthew 8:11I say to you that many will come from the east and the west, and will take their places at the feast with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven.
• Matthew 13:47“Once again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net that was let down into the lake and caught all kinds of fish.
• John 11:52and not only for that nation but also for the scattered children of God, to bring them together and make them one.
• John 12:32And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.”

Commentaries on Acts 10:11

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 11And saw heaven opened - His mind now entirely spiritualized, and absorbed in heavenly contemplation, was capable of discoveries of the spiritual world; a world which, with its , or plenitude of inhabitants, surrounds us at all times; but which we are incapable of seeing through the dense medium of flesh and blood, and their necessarily concomitant earthly passions. Much, however, of such a world and its economy may be apprehended by him who is purified…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11And saw heaven opened - Acts 7:56. See the notes on Matthew 3:16. This language is derived from a common mode of speaking in the Hebrew Scriptures, as if the sky above us was a solid, vast expanse, and as if it were opened to present an opportunity for anything to descend. It is language that is highly figurative. And a certain vessel - See the notes on Acts 9:15. As it had been - It is important to mark this expression. The sacred writer does not say…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

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In the dictionaries

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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