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Acts 11:5

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, A certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me:

KJV

ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν πόλει Ἰόππῃ προσευχόμενος καὶ εἶδον ἐν ἐκστάσει ὅραμα, καταβαῖνον σκεῦός τι ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιεμένην ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἄχρι ἐμοῦ·

Greek NT

Ego eram in civitate Joppe orans, et vidi in excessu mentis visionem, descendens vas quoddam velut linteum magnum quatuor initiis summitti de cælo, et venit usque ad me.

Vulgate

I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even unto me:

ASV

I was in the city of Joppe praying: and I saw in an ecstasy of mind a vision, a certain vessel descending, as it were a great sheet let down from heaven by four corners. And it came even unto me.

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Places Joppa

In the original Greek

24 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

εἰμί
eimi
verb · 2461×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθίημι
kathiemi
verb · 4×
καταβαίνω
katabaino
verb · 78×
μέγας
megas
adjective · 244×
οὐρανός
ouranos
noun · 274×
προσεύχομαι
proseuchomai
verb · 85×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
σκεῦος
skeuos
noun · 23×
τέσσαρες
tessares
adjective · 41×
τὶς
tis
indefinite_pronoun · 527×
ἀρχή
arche
noun · 56×
ἄχρι
achri
adverb · 49×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ἔκστασις
ekstasis
noun · 7×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
Ἰόππη
ioppe
noun · 10×
ὀθόνη
othone
noun · 2×
o
article · 19778×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὅραμα
orama
noun · 11×
ὡς
os
adverb · 502×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Acts 10:9 — On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
  • Acts 16:9 — And a vision appeared to Paul in the night; There stood a man of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia, and help us.
  • Amos 8:2 — And he said, Amos, what seest thou? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then said the LORD unto me, The end is come upon my people of Israel; I will not again pass by them any more.