Acts 10:11 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

¹¹ and saw the heaven opened, and something descending, like a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ And he saw the sky opened and something like a great sheet lowered by the four corners, descending to the earth.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ and he beholdeth the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet, let down by four corners upon the earth:

Common English Bible

¹¹ He saw heaven opened up and something like a large linen sheet being lowered to the earth by its four corners.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ And he saw heaven opened, and a certain container descending, as if a great linen sheet were let down, by its four corners, from heaven to earth,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ And he saw the heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending, as it were a great linen sheet let down by the four corners from heaven to the earth:

Acts 10:11 Cross References

Genesis 49:10

The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor the ruler's staff from between his feet, until he comes to whom it belongs; and to him shall be the obedience of the peoples.

Isaiah 43:6

I will say to the north, Give up, and to the south, Do not withhold; bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the end of the earth,

Isaiah 56:8

Thus says the Lord God, who gathers the outcasts of Israel, I will gather yet others to him besides those already gathered.”

Ezekiel 1:1

In the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, on the fifth day of the month, as I was among the exiles by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.

Matthew 8:11

I tell you, many will come from east and west and sit at table with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven,

Luke 3:21

Now when all the people were baptized, and when Jesus also had been baptized and was praying, the heaven was opened,

John 1:51

And he said to him, “Truly, truly, I say to you, you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.”

John 11:52

and not for the nation only, but to gather into one the children of God who are scattered abroad.

John 12:32

and I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all men to myself.”

Acts 10:12

In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.

Acts 11:5

“I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, something descending, like a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came down to me.

Acts 7:56

and he said, “Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God.”

Romans 1:16

For I am not ashamed of the gospel: it is the power of God for salvation to every one who has faith, to the Jew first and also to the Greek.

Romans 9:4

They are Israelites, and to them belong the sonship, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the worship, and the promises;

Galatians 2:15

We ourselves, who are Jews by birth and not Gentile sinners,

Galatians 3:28

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

Ephesians 1:10

as a plan for the fulness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

Ephesians 3:6

that is, how the Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise in Christ Jesus through the gospel.

Colossians 3:11

Here there cannot be Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free man, but Christ is all, and in all.

Revelation 11:19

Then God's temple in heaven was opened, and the ark of his covenant was seen within his temple; and there were flashes of lightning, voices, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and heavy hail.

Revelation 19:11

Then I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse! He who sat upon it is called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he judges and makes war.

Revelation 4:1

After this I looked, and lo, in heaven an open door! And the first voice, which I had heard speaking to me like a trumpet, said, “Come up hither, and I will show you what must take place after this.”