Acts 11:4

4 But Peter began [and] explained [it] to them in an orderly sequence, saying,

Acts 11:4 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 11:4

But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning
Of the vision at Joppa;

and expounded it by order unto them;
or related every particular, in a very methodical and orderly manner: he did not insist upon his authority as an apostle, and much less pretended to a primacy to the rest of the apostles; but submitted to have his case heard, examined, and judged of by the body of the brethren.

Acts 11:4 In-Context

2 So when Peter went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision took issue with him,

3 saying, "You went to men {who were uncircumcised} and ate with them!"

4 But Peter began [and] explained [it] to them in an orderly sequence, saying,

5 "I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision--an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came to me.

6 [As I] looked intently into it, I was considering [it], and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild animals and the reptiles and the birds of the sky.

Footnotes

• [a] *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("began") has been translated as a finite verb
• [b] *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation