Atos 11:6

6 E, fitando nele os olhos, o contemplava, e vi quadrúpedes da terra, feras, répteis e aves do céu.

Atos 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.

Atos 11:6 In-Context

4 Pedro, porém, começou a fazer-lhes uma exposição por ordem, dizendo:

5 Estava eu orando na cidade de Jope, e em êxtase tive uma visão; descia um objeto, como se fosse um grande lençol, sendo baixado do céu pelas quatro pontas, e chegou perto de mim.

6 E, fitando nele os olhos, o contemplava, e vi quadrúpedes da terra, feras, répteis e aves do céu.

7 Ouvi também uma voz que me dizia: Levanta-te, Pedro, mata e come.

8 Mas eu respondi: De modo nenhum, Senhor, pois nunca em minha boca entrou coisa alguma comum e imunda.