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Acts 10:11

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10:11He26 saw heaven27 opened28 and an object something like a large sheet29 descending,30 being let down to earth31 by its four corners.

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  1. 26 Grk “And he.” Because of the length of the Greek sentence, the conjunction καί (kai) has not been translated here. Instead a new English sentence is begun.
  2. 27 Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
  3. 28 On the heavens “opening,” see Matt 3:16; Luke 3:21; Rev 19:11 (cf. ἀνοίγω 2). This is the language of a vision or a revelatory act of God.
  4. 29 Or “a large linen cloth” (the term was used for the sail of a ship; ὀθόνη).
  5. 30 Or “coming down.”
  6. 31 Or “to the ground.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

and saw the heavens opened and something like a great sheet descending, being let down by its four corners upon the earth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He saw heaven opened and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He saw heaven opened and an object that resembled a large sheet coming down, being lowered by its four corners to the earth.

NLTNew Living Translation

He saw the sky open, and something like a large sheet was let down by its four corners.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he saw heaven opened and an object something like a large sheet coming down, being let down to the earth by its four corners,

KJV 1900King James Version

And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: