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Acts 11:10

"This happened three times. Then the whole thing was taken back into heaven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gentiles;   Peter;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Peter;   Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Numbers, Symbolic Meaning of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Baptism ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clean;   Peter;   Philippians, Epistle to;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Paul;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Acts;   1 Peter;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Galatians, Epistle to the;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Law;   Peter;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Romans, Epistle to the;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Christianity in Its Relation to Judaism;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Now this happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.
King James Version (1611)
And this was done three times: and all were drawen vp againe into heauen.
King James Version
And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
English Standard Version
This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
New American Standard Bible
"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.
New Century Version
This happened three times. Then the whole thing was taken back to heaven.
Amplified Bible
"This happened three times, and everything was drawn up again into heaven.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into the sky.
Legacy Standard Bible
And this happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
This happened three times, and everything was drawn back up into heaven.
Contemporary English Version
This happened three times before it was all taken back into heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible
This happened three times, and then everything was pulled back up into heaven.
Darby Translation
And this took place thrice, and again all was drawn up into heaven;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And this was done three times, and all were taken vp againe into heauen.
George Lamsa Translation
This happened three times: then everything was lifted up into heaven.
Good News Translation
This happened three times, and finally the whole thing was drawn back up into heaven.
Lexham English Bible
And this happened three times, and everything was pulled up into heaven again.
Literal Translation
And this took place three times , and all things were pulled up into the heaven again.
American Standard Version
And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Bible in Basic English
And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven.
Hebrew Names Version
This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
International Standard Version
This happened three times. Then everything was pulled up to heaven again.
Etheridge Translation
This was done three times, and every thing was taken up into heaven.
Murdock Translation
And this was done three times: and the whole was taken up to heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And this was done three tymes: And all were taken vp agayne into heauen.
English Revised Version
And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
World English Bible
This was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
This was done thrice, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
"This was said three times, and then everything was drawn up again out of sight.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And this was don bi thries, and alle thingis weren resseyued ayen in to heuene.
Update Bible Version
And this was done thrice: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven.
New English Translation
This happened three times, and then everything was pulled up to heaven again.
New King James Version
Now this was done three times, and all were drawn up again into heaven.
New Living Translation
This happened three times before the sheet and all it contained was pulled back up to heaven.
New Life Bible
This happened three times and then it was taken up again to heaven.
New Revised Standard
This happened three times; then everything was pulled up again to heaven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, this, took place thrice, - and the whole was drawn up again into heaven;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And this was done three times. And all were taken up again into heaven.
Revised Standard Version
This happened three times, and all was drawn up again into heaven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.
Young's Literal Translation
`And this happened thrice, and again was all drawn up to the heaven,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
This was done thre tymes, and all was taken vp agayne in to heauen.
Mace New Testament (1729)
this was done three times, and then the whole scene was mounted to heaven.
Simplified Cowboy Version
This happened about three times, and then the tarp was hauled back into heaven.

Contextual Overview

1 The apostles and the believers in Judea heard that non-Jewish people had accepted God's teaching too. 2 But when Peter came to Jerusalem, some Jewish believers argued with him. 3 They said, "You went into the homes of people who are not Jews and are not circumcised, and you even ate with them!" 4 So Peter explained the whole story to them. 5 He said, "I was in the city of Joppa. While I was praying, I had a vision. I saw something coming down from heaven. It looked like a big sheet being lowered to the ground by its four corners. It came down close to me, 6 and I looked inside. I saw all kinds of animals, including wild ones, as well as reptiles and birds. 7 I heard a voice say to me, ‘Get up, Peter. Kill anything here and eat it!' 8 "But I said, ‘I can't do that, Lord! I have never eaten anything that is not pure or fit to be used for food.' 9 "But the voice from heaven answered again, ‘God has made these things pure. Don't say they are unfit to eat!' 10 "This happened three times. Then the whole thing was taken back into heaven.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

three: Numbers 24:10, John 13:38, John 21:17, 2 Corinthians 12:8

Cross-References

Genesis 11:17
After Peleg was born, Eber lived another 430 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:21
After Serug was born, Reu lived another 207 years. During that time he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 11:22
After Serug was 30 years old, his son Nahor was born.
Genesis 11:27
This is the history of Terah's family. Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran. Haran was the father of Lot.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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"; :-.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See Acts 10:9-33.


 
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