Acts 10:16 - Exposition

And this for this, A.V. ; straightway the vessel for the vessel … again, A.V. and T.R. This was done thrice ; i.e. as is clear from the previous "the second time;" the same voice addressed to him the third time a direction to eat. The repetition three times of the same injunction was to give certainty (comp. Gem 41:32). For the repetition of the same words, comp. Matthew 26:44 . The receiving of the vessel again into heaven merely indicated the termination of the vision. The interpretation of it was to follow Matthew 26:19 and following verses (see especially Matthew 26:28 ), and was further emphasized by what is related in Matthew 26:44-46 and Acts 11:15-17 .