Acts 11:5

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me:

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Ἐγὼ ἤμην ἐν πόλει Ἰόππῃ προσευχόμενος: καὶ εἶδον ἐν ἐκστάσει ὅραμα, Καταβαῖνον σκεῦός τι, ὡς ὀθόνην μεγάλην, τέσσαρσιν ἀρχαῖς καθιεμένην ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ· καὶ ἦλθεν ἄχρι ἐμοῦ:

Transliteration

Egō ēmēn in city Ioppē proseuchomenos: and eidon in ekstasei horama, Katabainon skeuos ti, as othonēn megalēn, by four archais kathiemenēn from the ouranou; and ēlthen achri emou:

Grammar Details

• *Egō ēmēn*: personal pronoun with imperfect active indicative 1st person singular - I was
• *Ioppē*: dative feminine singular - Joppa
• *proseuchomenos*: present middle participle, nominative masculine singular - praying
• *eidon*: aorist active indicative 1st person singular - I saw
• *ekstasei*: dative feminine singular - trance/ecstasy
• *horama*: accusative neuter singular - vision
• *Katabainon*: present active participle, accusative neuter singular - descending
• *skeuos*: accusative neuter singular - vessel/object
• *ti*: indefinite pronoun, accusative neuter singular - certain/some
• *othonēn*: accusative feminine singular - sheet/linen cloth
• *megalēn*: accusative feminine singular - large/great
• *tessarsin*: dative feminine plural - four
• *archais*: dative feminine plural - corners/beginnings
• *kathiemenēn*: present passive participle, accusative feminine singular - being let down
• *ouranou*: genitive masculine singular - heaven
• *ēlthen*: aorist active indicative 3rd person singular - it came
• *achri*: preposition with genitive - until/as far as
• *emou*: genitive of 1st person pronoun - me

Word Meanings

• *proseuchomenos*: praying/while in prayer
• *ekstasei*: trance/ecstasy/state of being outside oneself
• *horama*: vision/sight
• *skeuos*: vessel/utensil/container/object
• *othonēn*: sheet/linen cloth
• *archais*: corners/beginnings/extremities
• *kathiemenēn*: being let down/being lowered
• *achri*: until/as far as/up to

Referenced Verses

• Acts 10:9-9 : 9 Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour: 10 And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him; 11 And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth, 12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds. 13 And a voice came to him, saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. 14 But Peter said, No, Lord; for I have never taken food which is common or unclean. 15 And the voice came to him a second time, What God has made clean, do not you make common. 16 And this was done three times: and then the vessel was taken back into heaven. 17 Now while Peter was in doubt as to the purpose of this vision, the men who were sent by Cornelius, having made search for Simon's house, came to the door, 18 To see if Simon, named Peter, was living there. 19 And, while Peter was turning the vision over in his mind, the Spirit said to him, See, three men are looking for you. 20 Go down, then, and go with them, doubting nothing, for I have sent them. 21 And Peter went down to the men, and said, I am the man you are looking for: why have you come? 22 And they said, Cornelius, a captain, an upright and God-fearing man, respected by all the nation of the Jews, had word from God by an angel to send for you to his house, and to give hearing to your words. 23 So he took them in for the night. And the day after, he went with them, taking some of the brothers from Joppa with him. 24 And the day after that, they came to Caesarea. And Cornelius was waiting for them, having got together his relations and his near friends. 25 And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship. 26 But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are. 27 And saying these words, he went in, and saw that a great number of people had come together; 28 And he said to them, You yourselves have knowledge that it is against the law for a man who is a Jew to be in the company of one who is of another nation; but God has made it clear to me that no man may be named common or unclean: 29 And so I came without question, when I was sent for. What then is your purpose in sending for me? 30 And Cornelius said, Four days from now I was in my house in prayer at the ninth hour; and I saw before me a man in shining clothing, 31 Who said, Cornelius, your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your offerings are kept in his memory. 32 Send, then, to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; he is living in the house of Simon, a leather-worker, by the sea.
• Acts 11:5-9 : 5 I was in the town of Joppa, at prayer: and falling into a deep sleep, I saw in a vision a vessel like a great cloth let down from heaven, and it came down to me: 6 And looking on it with attention I saw in it all sorts of beasts and birds. 7 And a voice came to my ears saying, Come, Peter; take them for food. 8 But I said, No, Lord; for nothing common or unclean has ever come into my mouth. 9 But the voice, coming a second time from heaven, said, What God has made clean, do not you make common. 10 And this was done three times, and they were all taken up again into heaven. 11 And at that minute, three men, sent from Caesarea, came to the house where we were. 12 And the Spirit gave me orders to go with them, doubting nothing. And these six brothers came with me; and we went into that man's house: 13 And he gave us an account of how he had seen the angel in his house, saying, Send to Joppa, and get Simon, named Peter, to come to you; 14 Who will say words to you through which you and all your family may get salvation.
• Acts 22:17 : 17 And it came about that when I had come back to Jerusalem, while I was at prayer in the Temple, my senses became more than naturally clear,
• 2 Cor 12:1-3 : 1 As it is necessary for me to take glory to myself, though it is not a good thing, I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. 2 I have knowledge of a man in Christ, fourteen years back (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only), who was taken up to the third heaven. 3 And I have knowledge of such a man (if he was in the body, or out of the body, I am not able to say, but God only),
• Jer 1:11-14 : 11 Again the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Jeremiah, what do you see? And I said, I see a branch of an almond-tree. 12 Then the Lord said to me, You have seen well: for I keep watch over my word to give effect to it. 13 And the word of the Lord came to me a second time, saying, What do you see? And I said, I see a boiling pot, and its face is from the north. 14 Then the Lord said to me, Out of the north evil will come, bursting out on all the people of the land.
• Ezek 2:9 : 9 And looking, I saw a hand stretched out to me, and I saw the roll of a book in it;
• Amos 7:4-7 : 4 This is what the Lord let me see: and I saw that the Lord God sent for a great fire to be the instrument of his punishment; and, after burning up the great deep, it was about to put an end to the Lord's heritage. 5 Then said I, O Lord God, let there be an end: how will Jacob be able to keep his place? for he is small. 6 The Lord, changing his purpose about this, said, And this will not be. 7 This is what he let me see: and I saw the Lord stationed by a wall made straight by a weighted line, and he had a weighted line in his hand.
• Amos 8:2 : 2 And he said, Amos, what do you see? And I said, A basket of summer fruit. Then the Lord said to me, The end has come to my people Israel; never again will my eyes be shut to their sin.
• Acts 9:10 : 10 Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and the Lord said to him in a vision, Ananias! and he said, Here I am, Lord.