Atti 10:10

10 Or avvenne ch’egli ebbe gran fame, e desiderava prender cibo; e come que’ di casa gliene apparecchiavano, gli venne un ratto di mente.

Atti 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.

Atti 10:10 In-Context

8 e raccontata loro ogni cosa, li mandò in Ioppe.

9 E il giorno seguente, procedendo essi al lor cammino, ed avvicinandosi alla città, Pietro salì in sul tetto della casa, intorno l’ora sesta, per fare orazione.

10 Or avvenne ch’egli ebbe gran fame, e desiderava prender cibo; e come que’ di casa gliene apparecchiavano, gli venne un ratto di mente.

11 E vide il cielo aperto, ed una vela simile ad un gran lenzuolo, che scendeva sopra lui, legato per li quattro capi, e calato in terra;

12 nella quale vi erano degli animali terrestri a quattro piedi, e delle fiere, e de’ rettili, e degli uccelli del cielo d’ogni maniera.