Acts 11:5

I was in the city of Joppa, and prayed, and I saw in (the) ravishing of my mind, [or in (the) excess of my soul], a vision, that a vessel came down, as a great sheet with four cords [or with four corners], and was sent down from heaven; and it came to me.

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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

4And Peter began, and expounded to them by order, and said,

6Into which I looking beheld, and saw (the) four-footed beasts of the earth, and (other) beasts, and (the) creeping beasts, and (the) volatiles of (the) heaven (s), [or of the air], (or and the birds of the air).

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Cross References

Ezekiel 2:9And I saw, and lo! an hand was sent to me, in which a book was folded together. (And I saw, and behold! a hand was sent to me, holding a folded up book, (or a folio, or) holding a rolled up scroll.)

Amos 8:2And the Lord said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, An hook of apples. And the Lord said to me, The end is come on my people Israel; I shall no more put to, that I pass by him. (And the Lord said, What seest thou, Amos? And I said, A basket of summer fruit + 8:2 A play on the Hebrew words for ‘summer (fruit)’ and ‘end’, which sound similar. . And the Lord said to me, The end is come for my people Israel; no more shall I pass them by.)

Acts 10:9And on the day (pur)suing, while they made journey, and nighed to the city, Peter went up into the highest place of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. (And on the following day, while they journeyed, and approached the city, Peter went up to the highest place of the house to pray, at about noon.)

Acts 22:17And it was done to me, as I turned again into Jerusalem (or after I returned to Jerusalem), and prayed in the temple, that I was made in (a) ravishing of (the) soul,

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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