Acts 11:5

"I have-been-being in to{[the] city, Joppa}, praying, and I-behold in to{astoundment/stand-out-sis[i.e. state of displacement]} [a] see-effect, [a] vessel descending what as [a] large linen-sheet to{four origins/extremities} being-let-down out of{the heaven}, and it-comes even-to of{emphatically-me},

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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 sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

In Context

4Moreover, Peter, initiate[ing]/initiated, has-been-placing-self-out to{same} consecutively, saying,

6into which, fixate[ing], I-have-been-thinking-according-to/considering, and I-behold the four-foots of{the earth} and the [wild]animals and the creepers/crawlers and the flying-creatures of{the heaven}.

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Cross References

Acts 10:9Moreover, to{the} upon-the-next-day, of{same way-going} and of{becoming-near} to{the city}, Peter ascends upon the building about [the] sixth hour to-pray.

Acts 22:17Moreover, it-becomes to{me, return[ing]} into Jerusalem and of{me praying} in to{the consecrated[i.e. temple]} me to-become in to{astoundment/stand-out-sis[i.e. state of displacement]}

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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