Acts 10:16. This was done thrice. Evidently to fix all this occurrence in Peter's memory, and to convince him that that which he had seen was no mere dream or fancy of his own, but a really Divine communication. Moreover, there was a sacred emphasis in the number three, as we see from various parts of Scripture. By ‘this' we must understand all the particulars of the vision, including what Peter heard and said, as well as what he saw. See Acts 11:10, where he lays stress on this threefold repetition, adding at the close that ‘all' (ἅπαντα) were taken up into heaven.

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