ACTS 10:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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:”
He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.—the 'opening of heaven' (ēnoigmenos tis ouranōn) echoes the transfiguration and resurrection appearances; it marks a boundary-crossing moment. The sheet (othonē, a linen cloth) descending by four corners suggests completeness and deliberate lowering. The vessel's contents will reveal its meaning.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:11
And saw heaven opened, and, knit at the four corners, a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet, and let down to the earth: wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat. But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean. And the voice spoke unto him again the second time, What God has…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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