Acts 10:10

He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

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WEBBE

He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.

BSB

He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.

KJV

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,

ASV

and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;

BBE

And he was in need of food: but while they were getting it ready, a deep sleep came on him;

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ἐγένετο egeneto He became G1096 δὲ de then G1161 πρόσπεινος prospeinos hungry G4361 καὶ kai and G2532 ἤθελεν ēthelen was desiring G2309 γεύσασθαι geusasthai to eat G1089 παρασκευαζόντων paraskeuazontōn when were preparing G3903 δὲ de however G1161 αὐτῶν autōn [some] of them G846 ἐγένετο egeneto happened G1096 ἐπ ep᾽ upon G1909 αὐτὸν auton him G846 ἔκστασις ekstasis a trance G1611

The early church

"And he became very hungry, and would have eaten; but while they made ready, there fell upon him a trance." What means this expression, ekstasis, "trance?" Rather, there was presented to him a kind of spiritual view (theoria): the soul, so to say, was caused to be out of the body.
John Chrysostom · d. 407Homilies on Acts

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 9–18

The prejudices of Peter against the Gentiles, would have prevented his going to Cornelius, unless the Lord had prepared him for this service. To tell a Jew that God had directed those animals to be reckoned clean which were hitherto deemed unclean, was in effect saying, that the law of Moses was done away. Peter was soon made to know the meaning of it. God knows what services are before us, and how to prepare us; and we know the meaning of what he has taught us, when we find what occasion we have to make use of it.

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