Acts 10:10 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

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

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, Gr...
Acts 10:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a (f) trance, (f) For though Peter does not stand amazed as one that is tongue tied, but talks with God and i...
Acts 10:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:9 . the housetop to pray: cf. 2 Kings 23:12 ; Jeremiah 19:13 ; Daniel 6:10 . sixth hour: an hour of prayer ( cf. Acts 2:15 ). No food was ordinarily eaten by the Jews before midd...
Acts 10:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 10:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

10. Excess of mind. Because our minds are wholly, as it were, set upon the earth, to the end Peter might the better comprehend the oracle, it was meet that his mind should be, as it were, mo...
Acts 10:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, He became very hungry - It seems that this happened about dinner-time; for it appears that they were...
Acts 10:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, And he became very hungry, and would have eaten, х eethelen ( G2309 ) geusasthai (...
Acts 10:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Peter and the Gentiles 1-48. Conversion of Cornelius. The baptism of Cornelius was an event of farreaching importance, and is, therefore, described by St. Luke in great detail. If it was not the f...
Acts 10:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

He fell into a trance. — St. Luke characteristically uses, as in Acts 11:5 ; Acts 22:17 , the technical term ekstasis (whence our English ecstasy ) for the state which thus supervened. It is o...
Acts 10:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 6 THE PETRINE VISION AT JOPPA. Acts 10:9-15 THERE are two central figures in the conversion of Cornelius. The one is the centurion himself, the other is St. Peter, the selected and pre...
Acts 10:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Guidance for Men Who Pray Acts 10:1-16 At this point the Church took a new departure, and the gospel broke over the walls of Jewish exclusiveness and was preached for the first time to pure-blo...
Acts 10:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of Cornelius is remarkable. In himself, as Luke tells us, he was "a devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, who gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway." This...
Acts 10:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band, (2) A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people...
Acts 10:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 noth...
Acts 10:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, Ver. 10. He fell into a trance ] His soul was sundered, as it were, for a season, from his body,...
Acts 10:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 ho...
Acts 10:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Gentiles also must now hear the gospel. The heart of Cornelius, a Roman centurion, had been already prepared by God, having a wholesome, genuine fear of God that proved itself in kind works toward th...
Acts 10:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Peter's Vision. 9 On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pra...
Acts 10:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He became very hungry; he might be more than ordinarily hungry, to fit or suit the vision, which is hereafter mentioned. He fell into a trance: the most excellent way of God's manifesting himself...
Acts 10:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And he became hungry, and desired to eat. But while they made ready, he fell into a trance, and he sees the heaven opened, and a certain container descending, as it were like a great sheet, let down...
Acts 10:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 10:1 . There was. —Omitted in best MSS. Centurion .—ἑκατοντάρχης ( Acts 27:1 ) = ἑκατοντάρχος ( Acts 21:32 ; compare Luke 7:2-6 ; Luke 23:47 ). Italian band , or cohor...
Acts 10:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:1 . Cornelius, a centurion. The person to whom St. Peter is sent to preach the gospel is described by name, Cornelius. By his occupation, a soldier. By his religion, a proselyte or convert...
Acts 10:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

There was a certain man in Caesarea called Cornelius, a centurion. Peter’s vision The record of the advance of the young Church gives in quick succession three typical conversions: first, that...
Acts 10:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Acts 10:1 Now there was (two last words in italics) for there was (in roman), A.V. and T.R.; Cornelius by name for called Cornelius, A.V. A glance at the map will show th...
Acts 10:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The vision of Peter:
Acts 10:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 12:2-4 ; Acts 22:17 ; Ezekiel 11:24 ; Ezekiel 40:2 ; Ezekiel 8:1-3 ; Matthew 12:1-3 ; Matthew 21:18 ; Matthew 4:2 ; Numbers 24:16 ; Numbers 24:4 ; Revelation 1:10 ; Revelati...
Acts 10:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Story of Cornelius Acts 10:1-41 INTRODUCTORY WORDS Before the Lord Jesus went up into Heaven, He gave command to the Apostles to disciple all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. In view of th...
Acts 10:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

And he became very hungry — At the usual meal time. The symbols in visions and trances, it is easy to observe, are generally suited to the state of the natural faculties.

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

Acts 10:10 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Acts 10:10 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Acts 10:10 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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

Acts 10:10 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Acts 10:10 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Acts 10:10 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Acts 10:10 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Acts 10:10 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Acts 10:10 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Acts 10:10 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Acts 10:10 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:10 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Acts 10:10 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Acts 10:10 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Acts 10:10 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Acts 10:10 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Acts 10:10 - The Biblical Illustrator

Acts 10:10 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Acts 10:10 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Acts 10:10 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 10:10 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Acts 10:10 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes