Acts 10:11

Overview - Acts 10
Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,
11 who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;
17 and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.
25 Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.
34 As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
44 the Holy Ghost falls on them, and they are baptized.
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Acts 10:11  (King James Version)
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
 


saw
7:56 Ezekiel 1:1 ; Luke 3:21 ; John 1:51 ; Revelation 4:1 ; 11:19 19:11

and a
Genesis 49:10 ; Isaiah 11:6-14 ; 19:23-25 43:6 56:8 Matthew 8:11 ; Matthew 13:47 Matthew 13:48
John 11:52 ; 12:32 Romans 1:16 ; 3:29-31 9:4 15:9-12 Romans 16:25 Romans 16:26
Galatians 2:15 ; 3:28 Ephesians 1:10 ; 3:6 Colossians 3:11

vessel
The word [skeuos ,] which corresponds to the Hebrew kelee, denotes every kind of vessel or utensil, any thing which may be considered as a receptacle; and is therefore applicable to a sheet [othone ,] or any thing woven from
flax, tied up at the four corners, which our word vessel is not.