What did Peter see in his trance in Acts 10?
In his trance, Peter saw heaven opened and a certain vessel descending like a great sheet knit at the four corners and let down to the earth. Inside were all manner of four-footed beasts, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Les explains that Peter was at Joppa and went up on the housetop to pray about the sixth hour, which is noon. Because it was lunchtime, he became very hungry and would have eaten. While the women of the house prepared the food down in the kitchen, Peter began to fall into a trance. Les notes God was going to work supernaturally because the situation was supernatural. In the trance, as soon as he fell into it, heaven opened and a certain vessel descended to him. It was like a great sheet knit at the four corners and let down to the earth, and in it were all manner of four-footed beasts, wild beasts, creeping things, and fowls of the air.
And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth: