10 Then waxed he an hungered, and would have eaten: but while they made something ready, he fell into a [a]trance.

11 And he saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel come down unto him, as it had been a great sheet, knit at the [b]four corners, and was let down to the earth.

12 Wherein were [c]all manner of [d]four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts and [e]creeping things, and fowls of the heaven.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 10:10 For though Peter stand not amazed as one that is tongue tied, but talketh with God, and is instructed in his mysteries, yet his mind was far otherwise than it was wont to be, but shortly returned to the old bent.
  2. Acts 10:11 So that it seemed to be a foursquare sheet.
  3. Acts 10:12 Here is this word (All) which is general, plainly put for an indefinite and uncertain, that is to say, for some of all sorts, not for all of every sort.
  4. Acts 10:12 That is, such as were meet for men’s use.
  5. Acts 10:12 What is meant by the creeping things, see Lev. 11.

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