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Acts 10:11

King James Version (KJV)

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Acts 10:11

Verse 11 of 48

Scripture focus

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:

Acts 10:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Acts 10:11

Theological / Devotional

Heaven opened. Indicating that the vision and its message came from God.

Vessel. Greek skeuos, a word used to describe household and other utensils; in the present case, a general term for a container.

Unto him. Textual evidence favors the omission of these words.

A great sheet. Textual evidence is divided as to whether this passage should read as in the KJV, or, “a great sheet let down by four corners.” The word rendered “corners” is the common word for “beginning,” and so refers to an extremity, which in the case of a sheet would be its corners. Apparently what the apostle saw was an extended sheet, the four corners of which were let down from what might be called the four extremities of the opened sky.

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