Was drawn up (ανεσπασθη). Instead of ανελημπθη (was taken up) in 10:16. First aorist passive indicative of ανασπαω, old verb, but …

All were drawn up again into heaven.—Once more there is a slight increase of vividness in the word which expresses a rap…

Peter defended his actions by recounting his experiences at Joppa and Caesarea, with an emphasis on (1) the divine initiative in all that transpire…

And this was done three times
That is, the voice from heaven answered three times, and encouraged Peter to kill and …

The imperfect state of human nature strongly appears when godly people are displeased even to hear that the word of God has been received, because …