Acts 11:6
New International Version
I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

New Living Translation
When I looked inside the sheet, I saw all sorts of tame and wild animals, reptiles, and birds.

English Standard Version
Looking at it closely, I observed animals and beasts of prey and reptiles and birds of the air.

Berean Standard Bible
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Berean Literal Bible
Having looked intently on it, I was observing it, and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air.

King James Bible
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

New King James Version
When I observed it intently and considered, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, creeping things, and birds of the air.

New American Standard Bible
and I stared at it and was thinking about it, and I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild animals, the crawling creatures, and the birds of the sky.

NASB 1995
and when I had fixed my gaze on it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air.

NASB 1977
and when I had fixed my gaze upon it and was observing it I saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air.

Legacy Standard Bible
and when looking closely at it, I was observing it and saw the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the sky.

Amplified Bible
and looking closely at it, I saw all kinds of the four-footed animals of the earth and the wild beasts and the crawling creatures and the birds of the air [both clean and unclean according to the Law],

Christian Standard Bible
When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When I looked closely and considered it, I saw the four-footed animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

American Standard Version
upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
I stared at it and I saw beasts in it, four footed animals and creeping things of The Earth and birds of the sky.

Contemporary English Version
When I looked in it, I saw animals, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Into which looking, I considered, and saw fourfooted creatures of the earth, and beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air:

English Revised Version
upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and fowls of the heaven.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I looked into the sheet very closely and saw tame animals, wild animals, reptiles, and birds.

Good News Translation
I looked closely inside and saw domesticated and wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

International Standard Version
When I examined it closely, I saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and birds of the air.

Literal Standard Version
at which having looked steadfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the birds of the sky;

Majority Standard Bible
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

New American Bible
Looking intently into it, I observed and saw the four-legged animals of the earth, the wild beasts, the reptiles, and the birds of the sky.

NET Bible
As I stared I looked into it and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, reptiles, and wild birds.

New Revised Standard Version
As I looked at it closely I saw four-footed animals, beasts of prey, reptiles, and birds of the air.

New Heart English Bible
When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, crawling creatures, and birds of the sky.

Webster's Bible Translation
Upon which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four-footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping animals, and fowls of the air.

Weymouth New Testament
Fixing my eyes on it, I examined it closely, and saw various kinds of quadrupeds, wild beasts, reptiles and birds.

World English Bible
When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.

Young's Literal Translation
at which having looked stedfastly, I was considering, and I saw the four-footed beasts of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of heaven;

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Context
Peter's Report at Jerusalem
5“I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me. 6I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air. 7Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’…

Cross References
Mark 8:25
Once again Jesus placed His hands on the man's eyes, and when he opened them his sight was restored, and he could see everything clearly.

Acts 10:12
It contained all kinds of four-footed animals and reptiles of the earth, as well as birds of the air.

Acts 11:5
"I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

Acts 11:7
Then I heard a voice saying to me, 'Get up, Peter, kill and eat.'


Treasury of Scripture

On the which when I had fastened my eyes, I considered, and saw four footed beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.

fastened.

Acts 3:4
And Peter, fastening his eyes upon him with John, said, Look on us.

Luke 4:20
And he closed the book, and he gave it again to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him.

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Acts 11
1. Peter, being accused for preaching to the Gentiles,
5. makes his defense;
18. which is accepted.
19. The gospel being spread in Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch,
22. Barnabas is sent to confirm them.
26. The disciples are first called Christians at Antioch.
27. They send relief to the brothers in Judea in time of famine.














(6) Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered.--Here again we trace the same kind of vividness as in the previous verse. The Apostle recalls the intense eager gaze with which he had looked on the strange vision.

Verse 6. - The four-footed for four-footed, A.V.; heaven for air, A.V.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
I looked
ἀτενίσας (atenisas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 816: To direct my gaze, look steadily. From a compound of a and teino; to gaze intently.

at
εἰς (eis)
Preposition
Strong's 1519: A primary preposition; to or into, of place, time, or purpose; also in adverbial phrases.

it {closely}
ἣν (hēn)
Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3739: Who, which, what, that.

[and] saw
κατενόουν (katenooun)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular
Strong's 2657: To take note of, perceive, consider carefully, discern, detect, make account of. From kata and noieo; to observe fully.

four-footed animals
τετράποδα (tetrapoda)
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 5074: Four-footed. From tessares and pous; a quadruped.

of the
τῆς (tēs)
Article - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

earth,
γῆς (gēs)
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular
Strong's 1093: Contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe.

wild beasts,
θηρία (thēria)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2342: Properly: a wild beast, hence: any animal; met: a brute. Diminutive from the same as thera; a dangerous animal.

reptiles,
ἑρπετὰ (herpeta)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 2062: Neuter of a derivative of herpo; a reptile, i.e. (compare remes) a small animal.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

birds
πετεινὰ (peteina)
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural
Strong's 4071: A bird, fowl. Neuter of a derivative of petomai; a flying animal, i.e. Bird.

of the
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

air.
οὐρανοῦ (ouranou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3772: Perhaps from the same as oros; the sky; by extension, heaven; by implication, happiness, power, eternity; specially, the Gospel.


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