Acts 10:11

saw. beheld. Greek. theoreo. App-133.

heaven. the heaven. Matthew 6:9; Matthew 6:10.

unto him. The texts omit. sheet. Greek. othcme, Only here and Acts 11:6.

knit. The texts omit. Read "Let down by the four corners".

let down. sent down. Greek. kathiemi. Occurs elsewhere, Acts 9:25; Acts 11:5.Luke 5:19.

to. upon. Greek. epi. App-104.

earth. Greek. ge. App-129.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

11. The opening of heaven signifieth, in my judgment, another thing in this place than in the seventh chapter. For it is said there that heaven...
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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Tied at the corners — Not all in one knot, but each fastened as it were up to heaven.

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:

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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The Biblical Illustrator

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The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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