Acts 10:11 Parallel Translations

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

KJV:

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

ASV:

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:

BBE:

And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

DBY:

and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;

ERV:

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:

WEY:

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.

WBS:

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:

WEB:

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

YLT:

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,

Acts 10:11 Cross References

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Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

10:11 And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the {g} four corners, and let down to the earth:
(g) So that it seemed to be a square sheet.

PNT:

10:11-15 Saw heaven opened. The meaning of the vision is plain. Peter was hungry (Ac 10:10). He saw, let down from heaven, all kinds of animals, those ceremonially unclean and prohibited by the Mosaic law, as well as others (Ac 10:11,12), and was told to kill and eat (Ac 10:13). When he answered that he had never eaten anything common (as opposed to holy) and unclean (Ac 10:14), that is, forbidden by Moses, he was told that what God had cleansed was not common or unclean (Ac 10:15). This could only mean that the ceremonial distinctions of the law were abrogated (Le 11:2-45 De 14:3-21). It was at this time that the messengers from a Gentile, one of a class, with which even Peter would not eat, yet for which Christ had died, presented themselves (Ac 10:21). The object of the vision was to show Peter that it was the will of the Lord that he should go.

WES:

10:11 Tied at the corners - Not all in one knot, but each fastened as it were up to heaven.

MHC:

10:9-18 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 what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.

CONC:

Behold Beholdeth Beholds Bound Cloth Container Corners Descending Enormous Ground Heaven Heavens Knit Large Lowered Object Opened Opening Ropes Sail Seemed Sheet Sky Vessel View

Beholdeth Beholds Cloth Container Corners Descending Earth Enormous Four Great Heaven Heavens Knit Lowered Object Opened Ropes Sail Seemed Sheet Sky Vessel View

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