Beholdeth (θεωρε). Vivid historical present and change from past time.

Opened (ανεωιγμενον, perfect passiv…

And saw heaven opened. Acts 7:56; see Barnes on Matthew 3:16.

This language is derived from a common mode of sp…

A certain vessel descending ...—The form of the vision corresponded, as has just been said, with the bodily condition of …

Though Peter was not by training or inclination an overly scrupulous Jew, and though as a Christian his inherited prejudices were wearing thin, he …

The opening of heaven signifies, in my judgment, another thing here than in the seventh chapter. For it is said there that heaven was opened to Ste…

And saw heaven opened
Not literally, as at the baptism of Christ, and the stoning of Stephen; but in a visionary way…

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tel…