Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,
New American Standard Bible
and he *saw
King James 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:
Holman Bible
He saw heaven opened
International Standard Version
and saw heaven open and something like a large linen sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the ground.
A Conservative Version
And he sees heaven opened, and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet bound at four corners, and being lowered to the earth,
American Standard Version
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:
Amplified
and he saw the sky opened up, and an
An Understandable Version
and could see the sky open up and a huge sheet-like container being lowered to the ground by its four corners.
Anderson New Testament
and he saw heaven opened, and some vessel, like a great sheet, descending, bound by the four corners, and let down to the earth.
Common New Testament
and he saw heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners to the earth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
when he saw the heaven open, and something descending in the form of a great sheet, ty'd at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Darby Translation
and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, bound by the four corners and let down to the earth;
Godbey New Testament
and he saw the heaven open, and a certain vessel like a great sheet came down, and resting upon the earth with four rope ends:
Goodspeed New Testament
and saw the sky opened and a thing like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the ground by the four corners,
John Wesley New Testament
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet, tied at the four corners, descending to him, and let down on the earth:
Julia Smith Translation
And he sees heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great linen napkin fastened at the four beginnings, and laid down upon the earth:
King James 2000
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet held at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Lexham Expanded Bible
And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,
Modern King James verseion
And he saw the heaven opened and a certain vessel like a sheet coming down to him, being bound at the four corners and let down to the earth;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel come down unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the four corners, and was let down to the earth,
Moffatt New Testament
He saw heaven open and a vessel coming down, like a huge sheet lowered by the four corners to the earth,
Montgomery New Testament
He beheld the sky opened, and a vessel descending like an enormous sail let down to earth by four corners.
NET Bible
He saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet descending, being let down to earth by its four corners.
New Heart 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,
Noyes New Testament
and he beheld heaven opened, and a sort of vessel descending, as it were a large sheet having cords at the four corners, and let down upon the earth;
Sawyer New Testament
and he beheld heaven opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet descending, let down by four corners to the earth,
The Emphasized Bible
And he beholdeth heaven opened, and, corning down, a kind of vessel, like a large linen cloth, by its four corners, being let down upon the earth,
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And he saw heaven opened, and there descended to him a certain vessel, as a great sheet with chains at the four corners, and resting upon the earth:
Twentieth Century New Testament
And saw that the heavens were open, and that something like a great sail was descending, let down by its four corners towards the earth.
Webster
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:
Weymouth New Testament
The sky had opened to his view, and what seemed to be an enormous sail was descending, being let down to the earth by ropes at the four corners.
Williams New Testament
and saw the sky opened, and something like a great sheet coming down, lowered to the earth by the four corners,
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,
Worrell New Testament
and he beholds the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth;
Worsley New Testament
and some thing descending to him, like a great sheet tied at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
Youngs 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,
Themes
Defilement » Ceremonial caused by » Eating unclean things
Dream » Instances of » Peter's vision of the ceremonially unclean creatures
Heaven » Re 21; 22; joh 14 » Opened
Joppa » Peter has a vision of a sheet lowered down from the sky, at
Parables » The sheet lowered down from the sky (in peter's vision)
Peter » Has a vision of a sheet containing ceremonially clean and unclean animals
Reptiles » Unclean and not eaten
Vision » Of peter » Of the sheet which was lowered from the sky
Topics
Interlinear
and, also, even, both, then, so, likewise, not tr., , vr and
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Katabaino
References
Word Count of 37 Translations in Acts 10:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Peter Has A Vision
10 And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him; 11 And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth, 12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.
Cross References
John 1:51
And he said to him, Truly I say to you all, You will see heaven opening and God's angels going up and coming down on the Son of man.
Genesis 49:10
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
Isaiah 11:6-14
And the wolf will be living with the lamb, and the leopard will take his rest with the young goat; and the lion will take grass for food like the ox; and the young lion will go with the young ones of the herd; and a little child will be their guide.
Isaiah 19:23-25
In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt will come into Assyria; and the Egyptians will give worship to the Lord together with the Assyrians.
Isaiah 43:6
I will say to the north, Give them up; and to the south, Do not keep them back; send back my sons from far, and my daughters from the end of the earth;
Isaiah 56:8
The Lord God, who gets together the wandering ones of Israel, says, I will get together others in addition to those of Israel who have come back.
Ezekiel 1:1
Now it came about in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, while I was by the river Chebar among those who had been made prisoners, that the heavens were made open and I saw visions of God.
Matthew 8:11
And I say to you that numbers will come from the east and the west, and will take their seats with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:
Matthew 13:47-48
Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, which was put into the sea and took in every sort of fish:
Luke 3:21
Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,
John 11:52
And not for that nation only, but for the purpose of uniting in one body the children of God all over the world.
John 12:32
And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will make all men come to me.
Acts 7:56
And he said, Now I see heaven open, and the Son of man at the right hand of God.
Romans 1:16
For I have no feeling of shame about the good news, because it is the power of God giving salvation to everyone who has faith, to the Jew first, and then to the Greek.
Romans 3:29-31
Or is God the God of Jews only? is he not in the same way the God of Gentiles? Yes, of Gentiles:
Romans 9:4
Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:
Romans 15:9-12
And so that the Gentiles might give glory to God for his mercy; as it is said, For this reason I will give praise to you among the Gentiles, and I will make a song to your name.
Romans 16:25-26
Now to him who is able to make you strong in agreement with the good news which I gave you and the preaching of Jesus Christ, in the light of the revelation of that secret which has been kept through times eternal,
Galatians 2:15
We being Jews by birth, and not sinners of the Gentiles,
Galatians 3:28
There is no Jew or Greek, servant or free, male or female: because you are all one in Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:10
The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,
Ephesians 3:6
Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,
Colossians 3:11
Where there is no Greek or Jew, no one with circumcision or without circumcision, no division between nations, no servant or free man: but Christ is all and in all.
Revelation 4:1
After these things I saw a door open in heaven, and the first voice came to my ears, like the sound of a horn, saying, Come up here, and I will make clear to you the things which are to come.
Revelation 11:19
And the house of God which is in heaven was open; and the ark of his agreement was seen in his house, and there were flames and voices and thunders and an earth-shock and a rain of ice.
Revelation 19:11
And the heaven was open; and I saw a white horse, and he who was seated on it was named Certain and True; and he is judging and making war in righteousness.