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Acts 11:6

4 But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:

5 “I was in the city of Joppa praying, and in a trance I saw a vision of something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came right down to me.

I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.

7 Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’

8 ‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

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BSB
I looked at it closely and saw four-footed animals of the earth, wild beasts, reptiles, and birds of the air.
KJV
Upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
WEB
When I had looked intently at it, I considered, and saw the four-footed animals of the earth, wild animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky.
ASV
upon which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw the fourfooted beasts of the earth and wild beasts and creeping things and birds of the heaven.
DARBY
on which having fixed mine eyes, I considered, and saw the quadrupeds of the earth, and the wild beasts, and the creeping things, and the fowls of the heaven.
BLB
Having looked intently on it, I was observing [it], and I saw the quadrupeds of the earth and the wild beasts and the creeping things and the birds of the air.
ÅB
da jeg stirret på den og så nøye etter, ble jeg var jordens firføtte dyr og ville og krypende dyr og himmelens fugler.
OTB
Jeg så inn i det og så firbente dyr på jorden, ville dyr, krypdyr og fugler i luften.
B1930
da jeg stirret på den og så nøie efter, blev jeg var jordens firføtte dyr og ville og krypende dyr og himmelens fugler.

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  • Luke 4:20

    Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,

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  • Acts 3:4

    Peter looked directly at him, as did John. “Look at us!” said Peter.

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