Acts 11:10

10 And this was done * three times: and all were drawn up again into 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 , Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.

9 But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed , that call not thou common .

10 And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.

11 And, behold , immediately there were three men already come unto the house where I was , sent from Caesarea unto me.

12 And the Spirit bade me go with them, nothing doubting . Moreover these six brethren accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house: