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Acts 11:5
New English Translation
Acts 11:5
New English Translation
5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision,[a] an object something like a large sheet descending,[b] being let down from heaven[c] by its four corners, and it came to me.
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- Acts 11:5 tn This term describes a supernatural vision and reflects a clear distinction from something imagined (BDAG 718 s.v. ὅραμα 1). Peter repeated the story virtually word for word through v. 13. The repetition with this degree of detail shows the event’s importance.
- Acts 11:5 tn Or “coming down.”
- Acts 11:5 tn Or “the sky” (the same Greek word means both “heaven” and “sky”).
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