Acts 10:11

Peter’s Vision

10He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.11He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.12It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

  • Scripture
  • Sermons
  • Commentary
Berean Standard Bible
He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.
American Standard Version (1901)
and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:
Bible in Basic English
And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,
Douay-Rheims 1899
And he saw the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth:
Free Bible Version
he saw heaven opened. He saw something coming down that looked like a large sheet held by its four corners, being lowered onto the earth.
Geneva Bible 1599
And hee sawe heauen opened, and a certaine vessell come downe vnto him, as it had bene a great sheete, knit at the foure corners, and was let downe to the earth.
King James (Authorized) 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:
Plain English Version
He saw the sky open up, then he saw something like a big sheet. Somebody was holding on to the 4 corners of that sheet, and there were things in the middle of it. It was coming down from the sky to the ground. There were all sorts of animals in it, and lizards, and snakes, and birds. Their Jewish law said, “Don’t eat those sorts of animals, they are no good.”
Translation for Translators
◄He saw heaven open/He saw an opening in the sky► and something like a large sheet was being lowered to the ground. It was tied at its four corners with ropes.
Unlocked Literal Bible
and he saw the sky open and a certain container descending, something like a large sheet coming down to the earth, let down by its four corners.
Noah Webster Bible
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending to him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
World English Bible
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
Young's Literal Translation
and he doth behold the heaven opened, and descending unto him a certain vessel, as a great sheet, bound at the four corners, and let down upon the earth,