KJV: 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:
YLT: 'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision, a certain vessel coming down, as a great sheet by four corners being let down out of the heaven, and it came unto me;
Darby: I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in an ecstasy I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending like a great sheet, let down by four corners out of heaven, and it came even to me:
ASV: 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:
| πόλει | [the] city |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: πόλις Sense: a city. |
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| Ἰόππῃ | of Joppa |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: Ἰόππη Sense: a city of Palestine on the Mediterranean, lying on the border of the tribes of Dan and Ephraim. |
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| προσευχόμενος | praying |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: προσεύχομαι Sense: to offer prayers, to pray. |
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| εἶδον | I saw |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 1st Person Singular Root: εἶδον Sense: to see with the eyes. |
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| ἐκστάσει | a trance |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Singular Root: ἔκστασις Sense: any casting down of a thing from its proper place or state, displacement. |
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| ὅραμα | a vision |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: ὅραμα Sense: that which is seen, spectacle. |
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| καταβαῖνον | descending |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Active, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: καταβαίνω Sense: to go down, come down, descend. |
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| σκεῦός | a vessel |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: σκεῦος Sense: a vessel. |
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| τι | certain |
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Parse: Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun, Accusative Neuter Singular Root: τὶς Sense: a certain, a certain one. |
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| ὡς | like |
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Parse: Adverb Root: ὡς Sense: as, like, even as, etc. |
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| ὀθόνην | a sheet |
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Parse: Noun, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: ὀθόνη Sense: linen (i. |
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| μεγάλην | great |
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Parse: Adjective, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: μέγας Sense: great. |
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| τέσσαρσιν | by four |
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Parse: Adjective, Dative Feminine Plural Root: τέσσαρες Sense: four. |
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| ἀρχαῖς | corners |
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Parse: Noun, Dative Feminine Plural Root: ἀρχή Sense: beginning, origin. |
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| καθιεμένην | being let down |
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Parse: Verb, Present Participle Middle or Passive, Accusative Feminine Singular Root: καθίημι Sense: to send down, to let down. |
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| ἐκ | out of |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἐκ Sense: out of, from, by, away from. |
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| τοῦ | - |
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Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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| οὐρανοῦ | heaven |
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Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: οὐρανός Sense: the vaulted expanse of the sky with all things visible in it. |
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| ἦλθεν | it came down |
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Parse: Verb, Aorist Indicative Active, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἔρχομαι Sense: to come. |
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| ἄχρι | as far as |
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Parse: Preposition Root: ἄχρι Sense: until, unto, etc. |
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| ἐμοῦ | me |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Singular Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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Greek Commentary for Acts 11:5
Here agreeing with the “sheet” (οτονην othonēn feminine), not with “vessel” (σκευος skeuos neuter) as in Acts 10:11. [source]
Vivid detail added here by Peter. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for Acts 11:5
Better Rev., amazement, which carries the sense of bewilderment. Ἔκστασις , of which the English ecstasy is a transcript, is from ἐκ , out of, and ἵστημι ,to place or put. Its primitive sense, therefore, is that of removal; hence of a man removed out of his senses. In Biblical Greek it is used in a modified sense, as here, Mark 16:8; Luke 5:26; Acts 3:10, of amazement, often coupled withfear. In Acts 10:10; Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17, it is used in the sense of our word ecstasy, and is rendered trance. [source]
If this is retained, we must render bound, or attached; but the best texts omit, together with the following and. Render, as Rev., let down by four corners. Compare Acts 11:5. [source]
Only here and Acts 11:5. Originally fine linen; later, sail-cloth or a sail. Dr. J. Rawson Lumby suggests that the word, “applied to loose, bellying sails of ships,” may indicate that the form of vessel which appeared to Peter “recalled an image most familiar to his previous life - the wind-stretched canvas of the craft on the Lake of Galilee” (“Expositor,” iii., 272). [source]
Ingressive second aorist active participle, not present. So punctiliar, “saw come,” not “saw coming.” So also “say” or “speak,” not “saying.” Luke repeats the account of this vision to Cornelius twice (Acts 10:30; Acts 11:13) and also the story of the vision to Peter (10:1-16, Acts 10:28; Acts 11:5). [source]
Imperfect active. Was longing to eat. It was about twelve o‘clock noon and Peter may even have smelt the savory dishes, “while they made ready” “The natural and the supernatural border closely on one another, with no definable limits” (Furneaux). He fell into a trance (egeneto ep' auton ekstasis). More exactly, “An ecstasy came upon him,” in which trance he passed out of himself (ekstasis from existēmi) and from which one came to himself (Acts 12:11). Cf. also Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17. It is thus different from a vision (horama) as in Acts 10:3. [source]
More exactly, “An ecstasy came upon him,” in which trance he passed out of himself Cf. also Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17. It is thus different from a vision (horama) as in Acts 10:3. [source]
Imperfect middle of εκτιτημι ektithēmi to set forth, old verb, but in the N.T. only in Acts (Acts 7:21; Acts 11:4; Acts 18:26; Acts 28:23), a deliberate and detailed narrative “in order” Old word for in succession. In the N.T. only in Luke 1:2; Luke 8:1; Acts 3:24; Acts 11:14; Acts 18:23. Luke evidently considered this defence of Peter important and he preserves the marks of authenticity. It came originally from Peter himself (Acts 11:5, Acts 11:6, Acts 11:15, Acts 11:16). “The case of Cornelius was a test case of primary importance” (Page), “the first great difficulty of the early Church.” Part of the story Luke gives three times (Acts 10:3-6, Acts 10:30-32; Acts 11:13.). See the discussion chapter 10 for details given here. [source]
The same root as ἄρτιος . It fills out the idea ἄρτιος ; fitted out. Only here and Acts 11:5(note). oClass. [source]