Acts 11:10

10 And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.

Acts 11:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:10

And this was done three times
That is, the voice from heaven answered three times, and encouraged Peter to kill and eat; and so the Ethiopic version renders it, "and he likewise said unto me the third time"; the words as before:

and all were drawn up again into heaven;
the sheet with all the creatures upon it, by the same hands that let it down; the Syriac version renders it, "and all betook themselves to heaven"; as if it all went up to heaven of itself; and the Ethiopic version, "and the whole returned again to heaven"; (See Gill on Acts 10:16).

Acts 11:10 In-Context

8 But I said, 'Certainly not, Lord! For nothing common or unclean has ever entered into my mouth!'

9 But the voice replied from heaven for the second time, '[The things] which God has made clean, you must not consider unclean!'

10 And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.

11 And behold, at once three men who had been sent to me from Caesarea approached the house in which we were [staying].

12 And the Spirit told me to accompany them, not hesitating [at all]. So these six brothers also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.