Acts 11:4

4 So Peter, starting from the beginning, laid it out for them step-by-step:

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 When Peter got back to Jerusalem, some of his old associates, concerned about circumcision, called him on the carpet:

3 "What do you think you're doing rubbing shoulders with that crowd, eating what is prohibited and ruining our good name?"

4 So Peter, starting from the beginning, laid it out for them step-by-step:

5 "Recently I was in the town of Joppa praying. I fell into a trance and saw a vision: Something like a huge blanket, lowered by ropes at its four corners, came down out of heaven and settled on the ground in front of me.

6 Milling around on the blanket were farm animals, wild animals, reptiles, birds - you name it, it was there. Fascinated, I took it all in.