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Acts 11:6

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I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

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ASV

upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

KJV

Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

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8 notes on this verse

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Bede

Commentary on Acts · Written before 735.

And I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, and beasts, and reptiles, and birds of the sky, etc. I am amazed how these things are interpreted concerning certain foods prohibited by the old law but now allowed to be eaten, when neither serpents nor …

This site's exposition

explained to them the whole sequence

on Acts 11:4-6

Peter explained to them the whole sequence of events, the Greek word for in order describing a case laid out point by point. Luke tells the vision twice because God Himself opened the door to the nations.

This site's exposition

I looked at it closely

The Greek verb means to fix the eyes, and Luke uses it of Stephen at 7:55 and of Paul at 13:9. Peter examined the sheet and knew its contents. His list adds wild beasts to the account at 10:12.

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The Church Fathers2 voices

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Oecumenius

Commentary on Acts · Written before 550.

proposed

Peter showed in his defense that he had by no means been the cause, but God everywhere. For he said, he himself set me in the excess of mind, he himself pointed out the sheet, and I indeed even contradicted; again the same he himself …

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John Chrysostom

Homily on Acts 24 · Written before 407.

proposed

Observe his freedom from all elation and vainglory. For it says, "But Peter rehearsed the matter from the beginning, and expounded it by order unto them, saying, I was in the city of Joppa, praying:" he does not say why, nor on what occasion: "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: upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. And I heard a voice saying unto me, Arise, Peter; slay and eat." As much as to say, This of itself was enough to have persuaded me - my having seen the linen sheet: but moreover a Voice was added. "But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth." Do you mark? "I did my part," says he: "I said, that I have never eaten aught common or unclean:" with reference to this that they said, "Thou wentest in, and didst eat with them." But this he does not say to Cornelius: for there was no need to mention it to him. "But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. And this was done three times: and all were drawn up again into heaven."

The Medieval Church1 voice

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Theophylact of Ohrid

Commentary on Acts · Written before 1107.

Peter did not dwell on this trifle, but based himself on what was of great importance. If, he says, they received the Spirit, then how could one not impart this to them? By this defense he shows that he is in no way at fault, …

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

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), as we had it before ch. x. The sheet which was there said to be let down to the earth he here says came even to him, which circumstance intimates that it was particularly designed for instruction to him. We should thus see all God's discoveries of himself, which he has made to the children of men, coming even to us, applying them by faith to ourselves.

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The words behind it

21 Greek words

Every Greek word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

2 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Acts 3:4

    Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

    it leads to

    • Acts 14:9–10

      This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

    • John 11:40

      Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”

    • Acts 3:12

      And when Peter saw this, he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why are you surprised by this? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had…

  • Through

    Luke 4:20

    Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

    it leads to

    • Luke 4:17

      the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:

    • John 8:2

      Early in the morning He went back into the temple courts. All the people came to Him, and He sat down to teach them.

    • Luke 19:48

      Yet they could not find a way to do so, because all the people hung on His words.

    • Matthew 13:1–2

      That same day Jesus went out of the house and sat by the sea.

    • Acts 13:14–16

      And from Perga, they traveled inland to Pisidian Antioch, where they entered the synagogue on the Sabbath and sat down.

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The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
The Pentecost, El Greco, about 1600, Museo del Prado. Public domain.
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This page draws on 9 works. Open the list of works

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on Acts; Bede, Commentary on Acts; Bede, On the Acts of the Apostles; J. A. Alexander, The Acts of the Apostles Explained; John Chrysostom, Homily on Acts 24; John Gill, Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible; Oecumenius, Commentary on Acts and Theophylact of Ohrid, Commentary on Acts.

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