Acts 11:10

10 "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight.

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 "`On no account, Lord,' I replied, `for nothing unholy or impure has ever gone into my mouth.'
9 "But a voice answered, speaking a second time from the sky, "`What God has purified, you must not regard as unholy.'
10 "This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight.
11 "Now at that very moment three men came to the house where we were, having been sent from Caesarea to find me.
12 And the Spirit told me to accompany them without any misgivings. There also went with me these six brethren who are now present, and we reached the Centurion's house.
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