Atti 11:6

6 ed io, fissatolo, lo considerai bene, e vidi i quadrupedi della terra, le fiere, i rettili, e gli uccelli del cielo.

Atti 11:6 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:6

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes
Not of his body, but of his mind; for this was only in vision presented to him, when he was as Paul was, not knowing whether in the body or out of it:

I considered:
being intent upon this object, he considered in his mind what it was, and what it should mean; it being something strange and unusual; which came down from heaven, and out of it, and came so close and near to him, that it engrossed all his thoughts, and was the subject of deep meditation:

and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and
creeping things, and fowls of the air;
not pourtrayed upon the sheet, but standing or walking upon it; the Syriac Version leaves out, "the wild beasts"; and the Ethiopic versions, "the creeping things"; but both are in the Greek copies, and in other versions.

Atti 11:6 In-Context

4 Ma Pietro prese a raccontar loro le cose per ordine fin dal principio, dicendo:

5 Io ero nella città di Ioppe in preghiera, ed in un’estasi, ebbi una visione; una certa cosa simile a un gran lenzuolo tenuto per i quattro capi, scendeva giù dal cielo, e veniva fino a me;

6 ed io, fissatolo, lo considerai bene, e vidi i quadrupedi della terra, le fiere, i rettili, e gli uccelli del cielo.

7 E udii anche una voce che mi diceva: Pietro, lèvati, ammazza e mangia.

8 Ma io dissi: In niun modo, Signore; poiché nulla d’immondo o di contaminato mi è mai entrato in bocca.