11 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:

Other Translations of Acts 10:11

New International Version

11 He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

English Standard Version

11 and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.

The Message

11 He saw the skies open up. Something that looked like a huge blanket lowered by ropes at its four corners settled on the ground.

New King James Version

11 and saw heaven opened and an object like a great sheet bound at the four corners, descending to him and let down to the earth.

New Living Translation

11 He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 10:11

Commentary on Acts 10:9-18

(Read Acts 10:9-18)

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.