Acts 11:10

10 This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the sky.

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 I said, 'Oh, no, Master. I've never so much as tasted food that wasn't kosher.'
9 The voice spoke again: 'If God says it's okay, it's okay.'
10 This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the sky.
11 "Just then three men showed up at the house where I was staying, sent from Caesarea to get me.
12 The Spirit told me to go with them, no questions asked. So I went with them, I and six friends, to the man who had sent for me.
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