Acts 10:12 KJV
Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Words Then and Now
- fowls a bird Still heard today: waterfowl, ducks, geese, and other water birds Webster’s 1828 · Fowl
What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.
Matthew Henry
- Peter's visionThe prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew...
Cross References
- Genesis 7:8–9 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth, …
- Isaiah 11:6–9 The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. …
- Isaiah 65:25 The wolf and the lamb shall feed together, and the lion shall eat straw like the bullock: and dust shall be the serpent's meat. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain, saith the LORD.
- John 7:37 In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink.
- 1 Corinthians 6:9–11 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, …
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Topics
- Animals Clean and unclean
- Catholicity Inculcated
- Converts Cornelius
- Cornelius A Roman centurion
- Dream Peter’s vision of the ceremonially unclean creatures
- Heathen The centurion at Caesarea
- Joppa Peter has a vision of a sheet lowered down from the sky, at
- Missions General scriptures concerning Missions
- Parables The sheet lowered down from the sky (in Peter’s vision)
- Peter Has a vision of a sheet containing ceremonially clean and unclean animals
- Religion Cornelius, another centurion
- Vision Of the sheet which was lowered from the sky
Timeline
- Timeline of the BibleAbout AD 41 · Peter Preaches to Cornelius
Greek and Strong’s
- Wherein Ἐν En ἐν Preposition ᾧ hō ὅς Pronoun · dative neuter singular
- were ὑπῆρχεν hypērchen ὑπάρχω Verb · imperfect active indicative, third person singular
- all manner πάντα panta πᾶς Article · nominative neuter plural
- of fourfooted beasts τὰ ta Article · nominative neuter plural τετράποδα tetrapoda τετράπους Adjective · nominative neuter plural
- of the earth τῆς tēs Article · genitive feminine singular γῆς gēs γῆ Noun · genitive feminine singular
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- wild beasts τὰ ta Article · nominative neuter plural θηρία thēria θηρίον Noun · nominative neuter plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- creeping things τὰ ta Article · nominative neuter plural ἑρπετὰ herpeta ἑρπετόν Noun · nominative neuter plural
- and καὶ kai καί Conjunction
- fowls τὰ ta Article · nominative neuter plural πετεινὰ peteina πετεινόν Noun · nominative neuter plural
- of the air τοῦ tou Article · genitive masculine singular οὐρανοῦ ouranou οὐρανός Noun · genitive masculine singular
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