Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Hungry (prospeinov) Only instance of the word known, a apac legomenon. Probably "very hungry" (prov=besides, in addition).
Desired (hqelen). Imperfect active. Was longing to eat. It was about twelve o'clock noon and Peter may even have smelt the savory dishes, "while they made ready" (paraskeuazontwn). "The natural and the supernatural border closely on one another, with no definable limits" (Furneaux).
He fell into a trance (egeneto ep auton ekstasiv). More exactly, "An ecstasy came upon him," in which trance he passed out of himself (ekstasiv, from ecisthmi) and from which one came to himself (Acts 12:11). Cf. also Acts 11:5; Acts 22:17. It is thus different from a vision (orama) as in verse Acts 10:3.
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Acts 10:10:
John 12:22
Acts 12:9
Acts 12:11
Acts 16:9
Acts 20:11
1 Corinthians 14:8
1 Corinthians 16:19
Revelation 1:10
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