Acts 10:10 - Exposition

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 suspended, and all his impressions are derived from within (see Acts 11:5 ; Acts 22:17 ). It is also used to express great astonishment. In the LXX . of Genesis 2:21 it is spoken of Adam's deep sleep, and in Genesis 27:33 of Isaac's exceeding trembling, and elsewhere of strong emotions.