Acts 10:16
This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
Acts 10:16 in other translations
| BSB | This happened three times, and all at once the sheet was taken back up into heaven. |
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| WEB | This was done three times, and immediately the thing was received up into heaven. |
| ASV | And this was done thrice: and straightway the vessel was received up into heaven. |
| YLT | and this was done thrice, and again was the vessel received up to the heaven. |
| DARBY | And this took place thrice, and the vessel was straightway taken up into heaven. |
| BBE | And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven. |
| Webster | This was done thrice: and the vessel was received again into heaven. |
What does Acts 10:16 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.
Barnes' Notes
() "vessel" "Sheet"
Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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…
Acts 10:16 in the original Greek
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Cross references for Acts 10:16
- Genesis 41:32
And for that the dream was doubled unto Pharaoh twice; it is because the thing is established by God, and God will shortly bring it to pass.
- John 21:17
He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
- 2 Corinthians 13:1
This is the third time I am coming to you. In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall every word be established.
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Context
- Acts 10:15
And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 10:16
This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
- Acts 10:17
Now while Peter doubted in himself what this vision which he had seen should mean, behold, the men which were sent from Cornelius had made enquiry for Simon’s house, and stood before the gate,
Acts 10:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y esto fué hecho por tres veces; y el vaso volvió á ser recogido en el cielo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et cela eut lieu par trois fois, et le vase fut aussitôt élevé au ciel. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Dieses aber geschah dreimal; und das Gefäß wurde alsbald hinaufgenommen in den Himmel. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Hoc autem factum est per ter: et statim receptum est vas in cælum. |