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


In Context

8 He told them everything that had happened and sent them to Joppa.

9 About noon the following day as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray.

10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, and while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

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

12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals, as well as reptiles of the earth and birds of the air.

13 Then a voice told him, "Get up, Peter. Kill and eat."

Acts 10:11 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:11And 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:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

10:11And 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:

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

10:11and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11and 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;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

10:11and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11And 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

10:11and 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,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

10:11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending on him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: