16 This happened three times, and immediately the sheet was taken back to heaven.
16 This was done thrice: and the vessel was received up again into heaven.
16 This happened three times, and the thing was taken up at once to heaven.
16 This happened three times, and then the blanket was pulled back up into the skies.
16 This was done three times. And the object was taken up into heaven again.
16 The same vision was repeated three times. Then the sheet was suddenly pulled up to heaven.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Acts 10:16
Commentary on Acts 10:9-18
(Read Acts 10:9-18)
The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.