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George Lamsa Translation

Acts 10:12

And there were in it all kind of fourfooted beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Animals;   Catholicity;   Dream;   Joppa;   Missions;   Parables;   Peter;   Vision;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Beasts;   Reptiles;   Visions;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Caesarea;   Centurion;   Clean and Unclean;   Peter;   Prophets;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Guidance;   Peter;   Simon;   Vision;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Animals;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Clean;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Army;   Peter;   Unclean and Clean;   Zacchaeus;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Birds;   Church;   Clean, Cleanness;   Joppa;   Leprosy;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Simon;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Caesarea;   Chronology of the New Testament;   Joppa;   Mark, Gospel According to;   Vision;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Abstinence;   Earth Earthen Earthy Earthly;   Holiness Purity;   Hypocrisy ;   Joppa ;   Law;   Restoration;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cornelius ;   Joppa ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Caesarea;   Proselyte;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Clean and unclean;   Peter;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Creep;   Fowl;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom or Church of Christ, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Baptism of the Holy Spirit;   Creeping Thing;   Fowl;   Wild Beast;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Simon Cephas;  

Devotionals:

- Chip Shots from the Ruff of Life - Devotion for July 19;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
In it were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, and the birds of the sky.
King James Version (1611)
Wherein were all maner of foure footed beasts of the earth, and wilde beasts, and creeping things, and foules of the ayre.
King James Version
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
English Standard Version
In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
New American Standard Bible
and on it were all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky.
New Century Version
In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and birds.
Amplified Bible
and it contained all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the air.
Legacy Standard Bible
and there were in it all kinds of four-footed animals and crawling creatures of the earth and birds of the sky.
Berean Standard Bible
It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.
Contemporary English Version
In it were all kinds of animals, snakes, and birds.
Complete Jewish Bible
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, crawling creatures and wild birds.
Darby Translation
in which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of the earth, and the fowls of the heaven.
Easy-to-Read Version
In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and birds.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Wherein were all maner of foure footed beastes of the earth, and wilde beastes and creeping things, and foules of the heauen.
Good News Translation
In it were all kinds of animals, reptiles, and wild birds.
Lexham English Bible
in which were all the four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and birds of the sky.
Literal Translation
in which were all the four-footed animals of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the heaven.
American Standard Version
wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
Bible in Basic English
In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.
Hebrew Names Version
in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the eretz, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
International Standard Version
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.
Etheridge Translation
and in it were all animals of four feet, and reptiles of the earth, and fowls of the heaven.
Murdock Translation
And there were in it all fourfooted animals, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of heaven.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Wherin were all maner of fourefooted beastes of the earth, & wilde beastes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre.
English Revised Version
wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the heaven.
World English Bible
in which were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the sky.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
Wherein were all four-footed creatures of the earth, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Weymouth's New Testament
In it were all kinds of quadrupeds, reptiles and birds,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
in which weren alle foure footid beestis, and crepinge of the erthe, and volatilis of heuene.
Update Bible Version
wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and birds of the heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
In which were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.
New English Translation
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth and wild birds.
New King James Version
In it were all kinds of four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.
New Living Translation
In the sheet were all sorts of animals, reptiles, and birds.
New Life Bible
On the cloth were all kinds of four-footed animals and snakes of the earth and birds of the sky.
New Revised Standard
In it were all kinds of four-footed creatures and reptiles and birds of the air.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
In which were all the quadrupeds and creeping things of earth and birds of heaven.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts and creeping things of the earth and fowls of the air.
Revised Standard Version
In it were all kinds of animals and reptiles and birds of the air.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
where in wer all maner of .iiii. foted beastes of the erth and vermen and wormes and foules of the ayer.
Young's Literal Translation
in which were all the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth, & wylde beestes, and wormes, and foules of the ayre.
Mace New Testament (1729)
in it were all sorts of quadrupeds, reptiles, and birds.
Simplified Cowboy Version
Inside the tarp was all kinds of birds, reptiles, and animals.

Contextual Overview

9 The next day, while they were on their journey, drawing near to the city, Simon Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about noontime. 10 And he became hungry, and wanted to eat: but while they were preparing food for him, he was seized with a sudden faintness. 11 And he saw the sky open and something fastened at the four corners, resembling a large linen cloth, was let down from heaven to the earth: 12 And there were in it all kind of fourfooted beasts, and creeping things of the earth, and fowls of the air. 13 And there came a voice to him, saying, Simon Peter, rise; kill and eat. 14 But Simon Peter said, Far be it, my LORD; for I have never eaten anything which was unclean and defiled. 15 And again the voice came to him a second time, What God has cleansed, you should not call unclean. 16 This happened the third time: then the cloth was lifted up to the heaven. 17 Now while Simon Peter was bewildered, wondering in himself what the vision he had seen should mean, the men who were sent by Cornelius arrived, and enquired for the house in which Simon Peter had been staying, and they came and stood at the door of the courtyard. 18 And from there they called and asked if Simon who is called Peter stayed there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Genesis 7:8, Genesis 7:9, Isaiah 11:6-9, Isaiah 65:25, John 7:37, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:20 - fowls Genesis 9:3 - Every Leviticus 11:2 - General Deuteronomy 14:3 - General Ezekiel 17:23 - under

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Wherein were all manner of four-footed beasts of the earth,.... Not as if they were painted upon it, and these were only pictures and representations of them made on the linen sheet; but as if they really add actually were upon it alive; since Peter is afterwards called upon to kill and eat: and these design four-footed beasts of every kind, that are tame, as distinct from the wild ones, after mentioned, as horses, camels, oxen, sheep, hogs, dogs, c.

and wild beasts lions, tigers, panthers, bears, c. This clause is left out in the Alexandrian copy, and in the Vulgate Latin and Syriac versions:

and creeping things the above copy and versions here add, "of the earth", which they omit in the first clause; these intend serpents, snakes, worms, c:

and fowls of the air birds of all sorts: now the whole of this signifies, that the church of Christ, under the Gospel dispensation, consists of all sorts of persons, of all nations, Jews and Gentiles, the one being reckoned clean, the other unclean; of men of all sorts of tempers and dispositions, comparable to wild or tame beasts; and of all sorts of sinners, who before conversion have been greater or lesser sinners; as well as denotes that the distinction of food under the ceremonial law was now ceased. This is not designed to represent that there are good and bad in Gospel churches, as there certainly are and much less that immoral persons are to be received and retained there; but that those who have been of the blackest character, if called by grace, should be admitted into them; and chiefly to show that Gentiles reckoned unclean, when converted, are not to be rejected.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Wherein ... - This particular vision was suggested by Peter’s hunger, Acts 10:10. It was designed, however, to teach him an important lesson in regard to the introduction of all nations to the gospel. Its descending from heaven may have been an intimation that that religion which was about to abolish the distinction between the Jews and other nations was of divine origin. See Revelation 21:2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 10:12. All manner of four-footed beasts, c.] Every species of quadrupeds, whether wild or domestic all reptiles, and all fowls. Consequently, both the clean and unclean were present in this visionary representation: those that the Jewish law allowed to be sacrificed to God, or proper for food; as well as those which that law had prohibited in both cases: such as the beasts that do not chew the cud; fish which have no scales; fowls of prey and such others as are specified in Leviticus 11:1, &c., where see the notes.


 
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