Acts 10:11 (WEB)
He saw heaven opened and a certain container descending to him, like a great sheet let down by four corners on the earth,
Fathers and councils · 6
Origen
- Origen, Against Celsus II.1Book II
“And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call thou not common.”” — editor's note: Cf. Acts x. 9–15.
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Cyril of Jerusalem
“And being on the housetop in a trance, he saw heaven opened, and by means of the vessel let down as it were a sheet full of beasts of every shape and sort, he learnt plainly to call no man common or unclean, though he should be of the Greeks.” — editor's note: Acts x. 11–16.
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Jerome
“For through the mercy of God you have already put your hand to the plough; you have already gone up upon the housetop like the apostle Peter.” — editor's note: Acts x. 3–16.
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Ambrose of Milan
“And this was done three times, and the vessel was received back into heaven.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 11 ff.
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John Cassian
“…vessel from heaven, and also the cleansing of all the living creatures contained in it, when a voice came to him and said to him: “Rise, Peter; kill and eat;” which vessel, let down from heaven by the four corners, is plainly seen to signify nothing else than the Gospel.” — editor's note: Acts x. 11 sq.
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Clement of Alexandria
“And the voice came again to him the second time, What God hath cleansed, call not thou common.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 10–15.
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Cross-references · 2
Cited together in Against Celsus II.1.
Cited together in Against Celsus II.1.