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# Connecting Statement:
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The story shifts away from Cornelius to tell us what God is doing with to Peter.
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# General Information:
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Here the word "they" refers to Cornelius' two servants and the soldier under Cornelius' command. (See: [Acts 10:7](./07.md))
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# about the sixth hour
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"around noon"
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# up upon the housetop
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The roofs of the houses were flat, and people often did many different activities on them.
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# while the people were cooking some food
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"before the people finished cooking the food"
# he was given a vision
"God gave him a vision" or "he saw a vision" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# he saw the sky open
This was the beginning of Peter's vision. It can be a new sentence.
# something like a large sheet ... four corners
The container holding the animals had the appearance of a large square piece of cloth.
# let down by its four corners
"with its four corners suspended" or "with its four corners higher than the rest of it"
# all kinds of four-footed animals ... birds of the sky
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From Peter's response in the next verse, it can be implied that the law of Moses commanded the Jews not to eat some of them. AT: "animals and birds that the Mosaic laws forbade Jews to eat" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/peter]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vision]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]