Acts 11:6

I looked inside it, and I saw all sorts of animals, and lizards, and snakes, and birds.

Plain English Version

In The King James Version

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

In Context

5He said, “I was in the town called Joppa, and I was praying, and I had something like a dream, but I was still awake. I saw something like a big sheet with things in it. Somebody was holding on to the 4 corners, and they let it come down from the sky to me.

7Then I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up Peter. Kill some of those animals and eat them.’

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Cross References

Luke 4:20Then Jesus closed the book, gave it back to the helper there, and sat down. Everybody kept looking straight at Jesus.

Matthew Henry on Acts 11:2-19

Peter's Vindication. 1 And the apostles and brethren that were in Judæa heard that the Gentiles had also received the word of God. 2 And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him, 3 Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them. 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, 5 I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great… Read the whole commentary →

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