Acts 10 · Verse 12

Acts 10:12

Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

Acts 10:12, King James Version

Acts 10:12 in other translations

BSB	It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
WEB	in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
ASV	wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
YLT	in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
DARBY	in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
BBE	In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.
Webster	In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.

What does Acts 10:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 10:9-16

9-16. upon the housetop--the flat roof, the chosen place in the East for cool retirement. the sixth hour--noon.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 12. Wherein, etc. This particular vision was suggested by Peter's hunger, Acts 10:10. It was designed, however, to teach him an important lesson in regard to the introduction of all nations to the gospel. Its descending from heaven may have been an intimation that that religion which was about to abolish the distinction between the Jews and other nations was of Divine origin. See Rev 21:2.

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 12 All manner of four-footed beasts, etc. - Every species of quadrupeds, whether wild or domestic; all reptiles, and all fowls. Consequently, both the clean and unclean were present in this visionary representation: those that the Jewish law allowed to be sacrificed to God, or proper for food; as well as those which that law had prohibited in both cases: such as the beasts that do not chew the cud; fish which have no scales; fowls of prey and such others as are specified in Lev 11:1, etc., where see the notes.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 10:9-18

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us…

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Acts 10:12 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ἐνeninG1722

ᾧhōwhichG3739

ὑπῆρχενhupērchenwereG5225

πάνταpantaallG3956

τὰtatheG3588

τετράποδαtetrapodaquadrupedsG5074

καὶkaiandG2532

τὰtatheG3588

θηρίαthēriabeastsG2342

καὶkaiandG2532

ἑρπετὰherpetacreeping thingsG2062

τῆςtēsof theG3588

γῆςgēsearthG1093

καὶkaiandG2532

πετεινὰpeteinabirdsG4071

τοῦtou<the>G3588

οὐρανοῦ.ouranouof heaven.G3772

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 10:12

Genesis 7:8-9
Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
Isaiah 65:25
The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent’s meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the Lord.
Isaiah 11:6-9
The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice’ den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea.
1 Corinthians 6:9-11
Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God. And such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God.
John 7:37
In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ge 7:8,9; Isa 11:6-9; 65:25; Joh 7:37; 1Co 6:9-11

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Acts 10:11
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:
Acts 10:12
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Acts 10:13
And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.

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Acts 10:12 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	En el cual había de todos los animales cuadrúpedos de la tierra, y reptiles, y aves del cielo.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	dans laquelle il y avait tous les quadrupèdes et les reptiles de la terre, et les oiseaux du ciel.
German Elberfelder 1871	in welchem allerlei vierfüßige und kriechende Tiere der Erde waren und das Gevögel des Himmels.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	in quo erant omnia quadrupedia, et serpentia terræ, et volatilia cæli.