1. Acts 11:5 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Peter add that the sheet was lowered from heaven?

Acts 11:5 (ESV)

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

The comment by Peter that the sheet was lowered from heaven is a detail meant to highlight the intervention and initiative of God.1