Bible Strands
Acts 10:10
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Peter climbs to a rooftop to pray around the sixth hour while companions approach the city. The narrative states he became hungry and desired food while the meal was being prepared, at which point he fell into a trance.
The words — The Greek text records that he was prospeinos (hungry) and ēthelen (was desiring) to geusasthai (to eat/taste). These terms establish the physical baseline that precedes the supernatural interruption.
The thread — The narrative records trance states linked to divine instruction in Acts 22:17. This pattern aligns with the prophetic visions described in Numbers 24:4 and Numbers 24:16.
Why it lands — The text places Peter in a state of ordinary physical need before delivering a command that contradicts his established practice. The reader must accept that divine instruction operates independently of human routine and requires immediate obedience.
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The Greek words
King James Version
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
Cross-references
- Acts 22:17 Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
- Numbers 24:4 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
- Numbers 24:16 the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
- Ezekiel 8:1 In the sixth year, on the fifth day of the sixth month, I was sitting in my house, and the elders of Judah were sitting before me; and there the hand of the Lord GOD fell upon me.
- Ezekiel 11:24 And the Spirit lifted me up and carried me back to Chaldea, to the exiles in the vision given by the Spirit of God. After the vision had gone up from me,
- Ezekiel 40:2 In visions of God He took me to the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on whose southern slope was a structure that resembled a city.
- Matthew 4:2 After fasting forty days and forty nights, He was hungry.
- Matthew 12:1 At that time Jesus went through the grainfields on the Sabbath. His disciples were hungry and began to pick the heads of grain and eat them.
- Matthew 21:18 In the morning, as Jesus was returning to the city, He was hungry.
- 2 Corinthians 12:2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of it I do not know, but God knows.