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

Bible Comments

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.

Acts 10:10

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