ACTS 10:16 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.”
This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.—the repetition three times (tripled) is a signature of divine insistence and eschatological completion. The sheet's withdrawal 'into heaven' (anelēmpthē eis ton ouranon) indicates that the vision was real, not imagined; it ascends like the risen Jesus. The triple repetition prepares Peter's mind to receive what comes next: Gentile inclusion.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:16
kill and eat. Acts 10:13 Probably he was on his knees when he saw the vision. — To me it seems that this also denotes the Gospel (or, the Preaching). That the thing taking place was of God (the circumstances made evident, namely), both that he sees it (descending) from above, and that he is in a trance; and, that the voice comes from thence, and the thrice confessing that the creatures there were unclean, and its coming from thence, and being drawn back there (all this), is a…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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