Acts 10:10 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:9-48

Man in God's sight; or, Divine impartiality. The incident of the conversion of Cornelius is suggestive of some important truths, but of one in particular, viz. the perfectness of the Divine impartiality. We look first, however, at— I. THE PART OF THE PHYSICAL IN THE APPREHENSION OF THE SPIRITUAL . Peter went up to pray ( Acts 10:9 ); but he was very hungry and desired bodily refreshment ( Acts 10:10 ). This state of body was probably favorable to his "falling... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:10

Hungry for very hungry, A.V.; desired to eat for would have eaten, A.V. Hungry . The word so rendered ( πρόσπεινος ) occurs nowhere else either in the New Testament or in any other writer. Possibly he, like Cornelius ( Acts 10:30 ), had been fasting till the time of prayer. A trance ( ἔκστασις ) expresses a state of transition from the ordinary state into a new or different state. Applied to a man, it denotes that state in which the external senses and the volition are... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:10

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... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 10:9-10

Acts 10:9-10. On the morrow, as they went For they set out too late to reach the place that night; Peter went up upon the house-top to pray It has often been observed, in the course of these notes, that the houses in Judea had flat roofs, on which people walked for the sake of taking the air, and where they conversed, meditated, and prayed. About the sixth hour Besides the two stated hours of prayer, at the time of the morning and evening sacrifice the more devout among the Jews were... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

European converts (10:1-48)In the Roman regiment based in Caesarea was a centurion named Cornelius, a man who was such a sincere God-fearer that all his household followed his faith. In response to his expressions of faith and acts of kindness, God promised to send Peter to tell him the good news of Jesus Christ by which he could be saved (10:1-8; cf. 11:14).First, however, God wanted to teach Peter certain lessons. God gave him a vision to show him that the old Jewish food laws were of no... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 10:10

very hungry . Greek. prospeinos. Only here. would have eaten = wished (Greek. ethelo. App-102 .) to eat. eaten . Greek. geuomai, to taste (food understood). Always trans, "taste", except in Acts, here, Acts 20:11 ; Acts 23:14 . he fell, &c. Literally a trance (Greek. ekstasis) fell upon him. The texts read "came upon him". Ekstasis is sometimes translated "amazement", as in Acts 3:10 . It is akin to existemi (Acts 2:7 ; Acts 8:9 , &c). This was not an objective vision, as in... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 10:10

Acts 10:10. Would have eaten— "Would have taken a little refreshment" seems the proper import of the word γευσασθαι . The word γευσασθαι, rendered trance, properly signifies such a rapture of mind, as gives the person who falls into it a look of astonishment, and renders him insensible to external objects; while, in the mean time, his whole soul is agitated in an extraordinary manner, with some striking scenes which pass before it and take up all the attention. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:10

10. a trance—differing from the "vision" of Cornelius, in so far as the things seen had not the same objective reality, though both were supernatural. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 10:1-18

2. The conversion of Cornelius 10:1-11:18Many people consider healing a lame person a great miracle and raising a dead person back to life an even greater one. But the spiritual salvation of a lost sinner is greater than both of them. The Lord performed the first two miracles through Peter (Acts 9:32-43), and now He did the third (ch. 10)."In a sense this scene is the book’s turning point, as from here the gospel will fan out in all directions to people across a vast array of geographical... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 10:9-10

Most Jews prayed twice a day, but pious Jews also prayed at noon, a third time of prayer (Psalms 55:17; Daniel 6:10). However, Peter may have been praying more because of the recent success of the gospel in Joppa (cf. Acts 9:42) than because praying at noon was his habit. The aorist tense of the Greek verb proseuchomai suggests that Peter was praying about something definite rather than generally. He probably went up on the flat housetop for privacy and the fresh sea air. Luke’s reference to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:9-48

The Pulpit Commentary - Acts 10:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:10

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Acts 10:9-10

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Acts 10:1-48

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Acts 10:10

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Acts 10:10

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Acts 10:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 10:1-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Acts 10:9-10

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