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He saw heaven opened, and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet, let down by four corners on the earth,
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Preparing Peter for a New Era
Commentators highlight that the vision's primary purpose was to prepare Peter for a monumental shift. His deep-seated Jewish prejudices would have prevented him from visiting the Gentile Cornelius. This divine revelation was necessary to show him that the old distinctions between 'clean' and 'unclean' people were being set aside in Christ.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And saw heaven opened. Acts 7:56; see Barnes on Matthew 3:16.
This language is derived from a common mode of sp…
Beholdeth (θεωρε). Vivid historical present and change from past time.
Opened (ανεωιγμενον, perfect passiv…
19th Century
Anglican
A certain vessel descending ...—The form of the vision corresponded, as has just been said, with the bodily condition of …
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Though Peter was not by training or inclination an overly scrupulous Jew, and though as a Christian his inherited prejudices were wearing thin, he …
16th Century
Protestant
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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And saw heaven opened Not literally, as at the baptism of Christ, and the stoning of Stephen; but in a visionary way…
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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…
