Acts 10:11

and he saw heaven opened, and a vessel coming down, as a great sheet with four corners [or with four cords], to be let down from heaven into earth (or to be let down from heaven onto the earth),

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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 when he was hungered, he would have eaten. But while they made ready, a ravishing of the spirit, [or an excess of soul], felled on him;

12in which were all (the) four-footed beasts, and (the) creeping [things] of the earth, and (the) volatiles of (the) heaven (s), [either of the air], (or and the birds of the air).

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Cross References

Isaiah 11:6A wolf shall dwell with a lamb, and a leopard shall rest with a kid; a calf, and a lion, and a sheep shall dwell together, and a little child shall drive them. (A wolf shall live with a lamb, and a leopard shall rest with a goat kid; a calf, and a lion, and a sheep shall all live together, and a little child shall drive, or shall direct, them.)

Isaiah 43:6I shall say to the north, Give thou (them up), and to the south, Do not thou forbid (them); bring thou my sons from afar, and my daughters from the last parts of [the] earth (or and my daughters from the ends of the earth).

Ezekiel 1:1And it was done, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of captives, beside the flood Chebar, heavens were opened, and I saw the revelations of God. (And it was done, in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, when I was in the midst of the captives, or of the exiles, by the Chebar River, the heavens were opened, and I saw the revelations of God or and I saw a vision from God.)

Matthew 13:47Again the kingdom of heavens is like to a net cast into the sea, and that gathereth together of all kinds of fishes;

John 1:51And he said to them, Truly, truly, I say to you, (or Truly, I tell you the truth), ye shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending up and coming down on man’s Son.

John 12:32And if I shall be enhanced from the earth, I shall draw all things to myself. (And if I shall be raised or lifted up from the earth, then I shall draw everyone to 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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