Acts 11:10

10 This happened three times. Then the whole thing was taken back to heaven.

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, 'No, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is unholy or unclean.'
9 But the voice from heaven spoke again, 'God has made these things clean, so don't call them unholy.'
10 This happened three times. Then the whole thing was taken back to heaven.
11 Right then three men who were sent to me from Caesarea came to the house where I was staying.
12 The Spirit told me to go with them without doubting. These six believers here also went with me, and we entered the house of Cornelius.
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