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 descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
In other translations
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.
Greek words
ἐγὼegōI myselfG1473ἤμηνēmēnwasG1510ἐνeninG1722πόλειpolei[the] cityG4172ἸόππῃIoppēof JoppaG2445προσευχόμενοςproseuchomenosprayingG4336καὶkaiandG2532εἶδονeidonI sawG1492ἐνeninG1722ἐκστάσειekstaseia tranceG1611ὅραμαhoramaa visionG3705καταβαῖνονkatabainondescendingG2597σκεῦόςskeuosa vesselG4632τιticertainG5100ὡςhōslikeG5613ὀθόνηνothonēna sheetG3607μεγάληνmegalēngreatG3173τέσσαρσινtessarsinby fourG5064ἀρχαῖςarchaiscornersG746καθιεμένηνkathiemenēnbeing let downG2524ἐκekout ofG1537τοῦtou<the>G3588οὐρανοῦ,ouranouheaven,G3772καὶkaiandG2532ἦλθενēlthenit came downG2064ἄχριachrias far asG891ἐμοῦ·emoume;G1473
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- Acts 10:9-329 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 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: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.9 The next day at about the sixth hour, as the men were approaching the city on their journey, Peter went up on the roof to pray. 10 He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance. 11 He saw heaven open and something like a large sheet being let down to earth by its four corners. 12 It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
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