Acts 10:11

and he saw the heavens opened, and a certain vessel bound at the four corners, and like to a great sheet, and it was let down from heaven upon the earth:

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

10And he hungered, and desired to eat: and while they were preparing for him, there fell upon him an entrancement,

12and in it were all animals of four feet, and reptiles of the earth, and fowls of the heaven.

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Cross References

Matthew 13:47Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, which was thrown into the sea, and from every kind collected.

John 1:51He saith to him, Amen, amen, I say to you, Hereafter you shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of Aloha ascending and descending unto the Son of man.

John 12:32And I, when I have been lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:10-19

Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 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: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of… Read the whole commentary →

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