Acts 10:10

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

Acts 10:10 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:10

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 ^F5, 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Maimon. & Bartenora in Misn. Sabbat. ib.

Acts 10:10 In-Context

8 And having given them an account of everything, he sent them to Joppa.

9 Now the day after, when they were on their journey and were near the town, Peter went up to the top of the house for prayer, about the sixth hour:

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

11 And he saw the heavens opening, and a vessel coming down, like a great cloth let down on the earth,

12 In which were all sorts of beasts and birds.