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Acts 10:10
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He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing something, he fell into a trance.
And he became very hungry, and would haue eaten: But while they made ready, he fell into a traunce,
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
And he became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
But he became hungry and wanted to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance;
He was hungry and wanted to eat, but while the food was being prepared, he had a vision.
but he became hungry and wanted something to eat. While the meal was being prepared he fell into a trance;
But he became hungry and was desiring to eat; but while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance;
But he became hungry and was desiring to eat. And while they were making preparations, he fell into a trance
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
and became very hungry. While the food was being prepared, he fell sound asleep and had a vision.
He began to feel hungry and wanted something to eat; but while they were preparing the meal, he fell into a trance
And he became hungry and desired to eat. But as they were making ready an ecstasy came upon him:
He was hungry and wanted to eat. But while they were preparing the food for Peter to eat, he had a vision.
Then waxed hee an hungred, and would haue eaten: but while they made some thing ready, he fell into a trance.
And he became hungry, and wanted to eat: but while they were preparing food for him, he was seized with a sudden faintness.
He became hungry and wanted something to eat; while the food was being prepared, he had a vision.
And he became hungry and wanted to eat. But while they were preparing the food, a trance came over him.
And he became hungry and wished to taste food . But as they were preparing, an ecstasy fell on him.
and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
And he hungered, and desired to eat: and while they were preparing for him, there fell upon him an entrancement,
And he became hungry, and desired to eat. And while they were providing for him, he fell into a trance.
And whe he waxed hungry, he would haue eaten: But whyle they made redie, he fell into a traunce.
and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
He had become unusually hungry and wished for food; but, while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance.
And whanne he was hungrid, he wolde haue ete. But while thei maden redi, a rauysching of spirit felde on hym;
and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
He became hungry and wanted to eat, but while they were preparing the meal, a trance came over him.
Then he became very hungry and wanted to eat; but while they made ready, he fell into a trance
and he was hungry. But while a meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
He became very hungry and wanted something to eat. While they were getting food ready to eat, he saw in a dream things God wanted him to see.
He became hungry and wanted something to eat; and while it was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
But he became hungry, and wished to eat, - and, while they were making ready, there came upon him a trance;
And being hungry, he was desirous to taste somewhat. And as they were preparing, there came upon him an ecstasy of mind.
And he became hungry and desired something to eat; but while they were preparing it, he fell into a trance
Then wexed he an hongred and wolde have eate. But whyll they made redy. He fell into a trauce
and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,
And whan he was hogrie, he wolde haue eate. But whyle they made ready for him, he fell into a traunce,
and being seiz'd with hunger, he would have had something to eat: but while they were making it ready, he fell into a trance,
he was getting hungry. Food was being prepared in the kitchen and Pete suddenly fell into a trance.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
he became: Matthew 4:2, Matthew 12:1-3, Matthew 21:18
he fell: Acts 22:17, Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16, Ezekiel 8:1-3, Ezekiel 11:24, Ezekiel 40:2, 2 Corinthians 12:2-4, Revelation 1:10, Revelation 4:2, Revelation 4:3
Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - in Leviticus 11:8 - they are unclean 1 Kings 17:21 - stretched himself Acts 10:13 - Rise Acts 16:9 - a vision
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And he became very hungry,.... It being in the middle of the day, when it was usual to eat; and perhaps he had ate nothing that day, for those were reckoned the most religious persons, who eat nothing before the Minchah:
and would have eaten; though the Jews say e, a man ought not to eat near the Minchah, not even the least, lest he should continue at it, and so neglect his prayers:
but while they made ready, while Simon's family were getting dinner ready, preparing the food for it:
he fell into a trance; or an ecstasy, or an ecstasy fell upon him; it was what was supernatural, and came from above, and did not arise from any natural cause in him; he was as it were out of the body, and entirely in the spirit; all the bodily organs and senses were shut up, and all sensible objects removed from him; and he was wholly intent on what was proposed to him in the vision, which filled him with wonder and astonishment.
e Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Sabbat. ib.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
And he became very hungry - Prom the connection, where it is said that they were making ready, that is, preparing a meal, it would seem that this was the customary hour of dining. The Hebrews, Greeks, and Romans, however, had but two meals, and the first was usually taken about ten or eleven o’clock. This meal usually consisted of fruit, milk, cheese, etc. Their principal meal was about six or seven in the afternoon, at which time they observed their feasts. See Jahn’s Bible. Archaeol. section 145.
He fell into a trance - Greek: an ecstasy, ἔκστασις ekstasis, fell upon him. In Acts 11:5, Peter says that in a trance he saw a vision. The word “trance, or ecstasy,” denotes “a state of mind when the attention is absorbed in a particular train of thought, so that the external senses are partially or entirely suspended.” It is a high species of abstraction from external objects, when the mind becomes forgetful of surrounding things, and is fixed solely on its own thoughts, so that appeals to the external senses do not readily rouse it. The soul seems to have passed out of the body, and to be conversant only with spiritual essences. Thus, Balaam is said to have seen the vision of the Almighty, falling into a trance Numbers 24:4, Numbers 24:16; thus Paul, in praying in the temple, fell into a trance Acts 22:17; and perhaps a similar state is described in 2 Corinthians 12:2. This effect seems to be caused by so intense and absorbing a train of thought as to overcome the senses of the body, or wholly to withdraw the mind from their influence, and to fix it on the unseen object that engrosses it. It is often a high state of reverie, or absence of mind, which Dr. Rush describes as “induced by the stimulus of ideas of absent subjects, being so powerful as to destroy the perception of present objects” (Diseases of the Mind, p. 310, ed. Philadelphia, 1812). In the case of Peter, however, there was a supernatural influence that drew his attention away from present objects.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 10:10. He became very hungry — It seems that this happened about dinner-time; for it appears that they were making ready, παρασκευαζοντων, dressing the victuals for the family. The dinner among the ancients was a very slight meal; and they had no breakfast: their supper was their principal meal. And, in very ancient times, they ate only once in the day. Supper was the meal at which they saw their friends, the business of the day being then finished.
He fell into a trance — επεπεσεν επ αυτον εκστασις, An ecstasy fell upon him. A person may be said to be in an ecstasy when transported with joy or admiration, so that he is insensible to every object but that on which he is engaged. Peter's ecstasy is easily accounted for: he went up to the house-top to pray: at first he felt keen hunger; but, being earnestly engaged with God, all natural appetites became absorbed in the intense application of his soul to his Maker. While every passion and appetite was under this Divine influence, and the soul, without let or hinderance, freely conversing with God, then the visionary and symbolical representation mentioned here took place.
