Acts 10:11

And saw heaven; either visibly to his corporal eyes, as to St. Stephen s; or rather mentally, more suitably to the rapture mentioned in the former verse. Opened; which might signify, that heaven, that was shut to the children of men by the first Adam, was now by Christ, the Second Adam, opened to all believers. Vessel; this word is taken for any utensil commonly used about the house; and, with the sheet here spoken of, bears an analogy to a table and table cloth amongst us. Knit at the four corners; so gathered up or knit, that the viands, Acts 10:12, might not fall down. And this Peter saw to come from heaven, to show that the liberty of taking Cornelius and other Gentiles into the church, did come from thence only.