Acts 10 verses 11 - 12
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to earth.
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. (KJV)
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And he saw the heaven being opened, and a certain vessel like a great sheet coming down on him, being bound by four corners, and let down onto the earth;
in which were all the qudrupeds of the earth, and the beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of heaven. (IB)
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Retranslation (verse 10 only): And he experiences what it means to be a Christian! Revelation! The door opens! He experiences being a spectator of God’s dwelling place lifting itself up like a mountain all around him, and he experiences the happiness and power that accompanies this dignity of witnessing; and something fitting and necessary for his journey descends upon him in the manner of an exceedingly pure and godly experience being bound by the four ruling principles, . . .
Retranslation (verse 11 only): . . .wherein was absolutely every four-footed animal on the earth; every venomous serpent; every wild, dangerous, hunted or destructive animal; every small animal and creeping things like snakes; and every bird, bat and other flying thing that flies in the sky.
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NOTE on “opened”: I highlighted just a few of the wonderful meanings of open. Often an “obstacle” has to be removed, uncovered, broken apart, cleared away, divided, or split before the “thing” is opened. Is the obstacle overwhelming consciousness of matter-based beliefs? What if one is overwhelmingly aware instead of Spirit-based-Truth? When does this experience come to Peter? As he “prays.” As he attempts to comply with God's standing invitation: "Come! And dine!"
(9) . . . Peter went up on the roof to pray, . . .
(10) and he became hungry, and wished to taste . . . (IB)
As the Law and the Gospel were preparing him, making him a willing warrior in the warfare with the false self, his mind is embraced by the divine Mind, and he experiences Its thrilling love, and Its power and glory.
NOTE on a “certain vessel like a great sheet”:
vessel = something contributing to the usefulness of something else;
(equipment, apparatus, implement)
equipment = something fitting and necessary for a voyage.
great = exceedingly (a name for God)
sheet = linen (symbol of purity) + sail (equipment or apparatus for voyagers)
= pure, godly experience
NOTE on the "four ruling principles": This could have been a well-known reference to "New Jerusalem" with its four equal sides. See pages 575 - 578, Science and Health, at the end of which Mary Baker Eddy, paraphrasing the 23rd Psalm, says "[divine] Love anointeth my head."
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beholds 2334 theoreo, from a derivative of 2300 (perhaps by the addition of 3708); to be a spectator of, i.e. discern (literally, figuratively [experience] or intensively [acknowledge]):----behold, consider, look on, perceive, see. Compare 3700.
experience v.t (1828 Dict. def.): L. experientia, from experior, to try; Greek to attempt, whence pirate; German erfahren, from fahren, to move, to go, to drive, to ferry; D. ervaaren, from vaaren, to go, to move, to sail; Sw. forfara, fara; Dan. forfarer, farer; Sax. and Goth. faran, English to fare. The L. periculum, English peril, are from the same root. We see the root of this words is to go, to fare, to drive, urge or press, to strain or stretch forward.]
- To try by use, by suffering or by enjoyment. Thus we all experience pain, sorrow, and pleasure; we experience good and evil; we often experience a change of sentiments and views.
- To know by practice or trial; to gain knowledge or skill by practice or by a series of observations.
heaven 3772 ouranos, perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel (Christianity):-----air, heaven, heavenly, sky.
3735 oros, probably from an obsolete oro (to rise or “rear”; perhaps akin to 142; compare 3733); a mountain (as lifting itself above the plain):-----hill, mount, mountain.
being opened 455 anoigo, from 303 and oigo (to open); to open up (literally or figuratively, in various applications):----open.
open (Origins Dict.): Probably related to English up and German auf: ‘for the development of meaning, cf. aufmachen’ (to open).
open v.t. (1828 Dict. def.):
- To unclose; to unbar; to unlock; to remove any fastening or cover and set open; as, to open a door or gate; to open a desk.
- To break the seal of a letter and unfold it.
- To separate the parts that are close; as, to open the lips; to open the mouth or eyes or eyelids; to open a book.
- To remove a covering from; as, to open a pit.
- To cut through; to perforate; to lance; a,s to open the skin.
- To break; to divide; to spit or rend; as, the earth was opened in many places by an earthquake; a rock is opened by blasting.
- To clear; to make by removing obstructions; as, to open a road; to open a passage; the heat of spring opens rivers bound with ice.
- To spread; to expand; as, to open the hand.
- To unstop; as, to open a bottle.
- To begin; to make the first exhibition. The attorney general opens the cause on the part of the kind or the sate. Homer opens his poem with the utmost simplicity and modesty.
- To show; to bring to view or knowledge. “The English did adventure far to open the north parts of America.” Abbot.
- To interpret; to explain. “While he opened the Scriptures.” Luke. xxiv.
- To reveal; to disclose. He opened his mind very freely.
- To make liberal; as, to open the heart.
- To make the first discharge of artillery; as, to open a heavy fire on the enemy.
- To enter on or begin; as, to open a negotiation or correspondence; to open a trade with the Indies.
- To being to see by the removal of something that intercepted the view; as, we sail round the point and opened the harbor.
certain 5100 tis, an enclitic indefinite pronoun; some or any person or object:----a (kind of), any (man, thing, thing at all), certain (thing), divers, he (every) man, one (thing), ought, partly, some (man), somebody, something, somewhat, thing, that nothing, what, whatsoever, wherewith, whom, whomsoever, whose, whosesoever.
vessel 4632 skeuos, of uncertain affinity; a vessel, implement, equipment, apparatus (literal or figurative [specifically a wife as contributing to the usefulness of the husband]):-----goods, sail, stuff, vessel.
equipment (Origins Dict.): See SHIP. From a Late German for of Old High German scif, a ship, comes Old French esquiper (English-French equiper), to fit out, originally a ship, later a body of men, finally an individual: whence English ‘to equip.’ Derivative Late French equipement becomes English equipage, equipment.
equipment n. (1828 Dict. def.): [From equip, Chaldean to surround, to gird; perhaps the root as Ethiopian, to embrace.]
- The act of equipping, or fitting for a voyage or expedition.
- Anything that is used in equipping; furniture; habiliments; warlike apparatus; necessaries for an expedition, or for a voyage; as the equipments of a ship or an army.
coming down 2597 katabaino, from 2596 and the base of 939; to descend (literally or figuratively):-----come (get, go, step) down, fall (down).
on 1909 epi, a primary preposition properly meaning superimposition (of time, place, order, etc.); as a relation of distribution [with the genitive], i.e. over, upon, etc.; of rest (with the dative) at, on, etc.; of direction (with the accusative) towards, upon, etc. In compounds it retains essentially the same import, at upon, etc. (literally or figuratively):----about (the times), above, after, against, among, as long as (touching), at, beside, have charge of, fore, before, wherefore, in (a place, as much as, the time of), into, (because) of, on (behalf of), upon, over, (by, for) the space of, through, throughout, to, unto, toward, with.
him 846
like 5613 hos, probably adverb of comparison from 3739; which, how, i.e. in that manner (very variously used, as follows):-----about, after (that), (according) as (it had been, it were), as soon (as), even as (like), for, how (greatly), like (as, unto), since, so (that), that, to wit, unto, when, whensoever, while, with all speed.
great 3173 megas; compare also 3176, 3187; big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application):-----(+ fear) exceedingly, great, greatest, high, large, loud, mighty, (be) sore (afraid), strong, to years.
sheet 3607 othone, of uncertain affinity; a linen cloth, i.e. (especially) a sail:-----sheet.
knit 1210 deo, a primary verb; to bind (in various applications, literally or figuratively):----bind, be in bonds, knit, tie, wind. See also 1163, 1189.
1163 dei, third person singular active present of 1210; also deon, neuter active participle of 1210; both used impersonally; it is (was, etc.) necessary (as binding):----behooved, be meet, must (needs), need, be needful, ought, should.
1189 deomai, middle of 1210; be beg (as binding oneself), i.e. petition:-----beseech, pray (to), make request. Compare 4441.
four 5064 tessares, neuter of tessara; a plural number; four:-----four.
corners 746 arche, from 756; (properly abstract) a commencement, or (concrete) chief (in various applications or order, time, place or rank):----beginning, corner, (at the, the) first (estate), magistrate, power, principality, principle, rule.
756 archomai, middle of 757 (through the implication of precedence); to commence (in order of time):----begin, (rehearse from the) beginning.
757 archo, a primary verb, to be first (in political rank or power):----reign (rule) over.
let down 2524 kathiemi, from 2596 and hiemi (to send); to lower:---let down.
onto 1909
earth 1093 ge, contracted from a primary word; soil; by extension a region, or the solid part or the whole of the terrene globe (including the occupants in each applications):-----country, earth, earthly, ground, land, world.
THE FOLLOWING WORDS ARE FROM VERSE ACTS 10:11
. . . in which were all the qudrupeds of the earth, and the beasts, and the reptiles, and the birds of heaven. (IB)
in 1722
which 3739
were 5225
all 3956 pas, including all the forms of declension; apparently a primary word; all, any, every, the whole:-----all (manner of, means), always, any (one), daily, ever, every (one, way), as many as, no, nothing, thoroughly, whatsoever, whole, whosoever.
quadrupeds 5074 tetrapous, from 5064 (four) and 4228 (foot); a quadruped:----fourfooted beast.
earth 1093
beasts 2342 therion, diminutive from the same as 2339; a dangerous animal:------(venomous, wild) beast.
2339 thera, from ther (wild animal, as game); hunting, i.e. (figuratively) destruction:-----trap.
reptiles 2062 herpeton, neuter of a derivative of herpo (to creep); a reptile, i.e. (by Hebrew [compare H7431]) a small animal:----creeping thing, serpent.
H7431 remes, from H7430; a reptile or any other rapidly moving animal:----that creepeth, creeping thing, moving thing.
birds 4071 pteinon, neuter of a derivative of 4072 (to fly); a flying animal, i.e. bird:-----bird, fowl.
heaven 3772 ouranos, perhaps from the same as 3735 (through the idea of elevation); the sky; by extension heaven (as the abode of God); by implication happiness, power, eternity; specifically the Gospel (Christianity):----air, heaven, heavenly, sky.
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