Acts 10:11 Meaning and Explanation
“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:”
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What Does Acts 10:11 Mean?
An opened heaven marks the great unveilings of Scripture — Ezekiel by the river, Jesus at his baptism (Ezekiel 1:1; Luke 3:21). What descends is homely and strange at once: a vast sheet of cloth, gathered at the corners, let down by unseen hands.
Four corners suggest the four quarters of the earth — the breadth of the world gathered into one cloth. Whatever this vision means, it comes down from heaven; the lesson Peter is about to resist is not man's idea but God's. When God opens heaven, it is to bring something to earth.
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What does Acts 10:11 mean?
Peter sees heaven opened and a great sheet, held at its four corners, being lowered to the earth.