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Acts 11:5

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I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

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Acts 11:5 in other translations

“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision: a certain container descending, like it was a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. It came as far as me.

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Acts 11:5 in context

  1. 3saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumcised, and didst eat with them.
  2. 4But Peter began, and expounded the matter unto them in order, saying,
  3. 5I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:
  4. 6upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
  5. 7And I heard also a voice saying unto me, Rise, Peter; kill and eat.