Acts 11:5
“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.
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ASV
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:
KJV
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:
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27 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγὼ | egō | I myself | G1473 → |
| ἤμην | ēmēn | was | G1510 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| πόλει | polei | [the] city | G4172 → |
| Ἰόππῃ | Ioppē | of Joppa | G2445 → |
| προσευχόμενος | proseuchomenos | praying | G4336 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| εἶδον | eidon | I saw | G1492 → |
| ἐν | en | in | G1722 → |
| ἐκστάσει | ekstasei | a trance | G1611 → |
| ὅραμα | horama | a vision | G3705 → |
| καταβαῖνον | katabainon | descending | G2597 → |
| σκεῦός | skeuos | a vessel | G4632 → |
| τι | ti | certain | G5100 → |
| ὡς | hōs | like | G5613 → |
| ὀθόνην | othonēn | a sheet | G3607 → |
| μεγάλην | megalēn | great | G3173 → |
| τέσσαρσιν | tessarsin | by four | G5064 → |
| ἀρχαῖς | archais | corners | G746 → |
| καθιεμένην | kathiemenēn | being let down | G2524 → |
| ἐκ | ek | out of | G1537 → |
| τοῦ | tou | <the> | G3588 → |
| οὐρανοῦ, | ouranou | heaven, | G3772 → |
| καὶ | kai | and | G2532 → |
| ἦλθεν | ēlthen | it came down | G2064 → |
| ἄχρι | achri | as far as | G891 → |
| ἐμοῦ· | emou | me; | G1473 → |
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