Acts 10:10

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

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 when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.

9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey , and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:

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

11 And saw heaven opened , and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:

12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.