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Acts 10:10 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verse 10
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,Acts 10:10 · King James Version
Acts 10:10 in context
8And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
9On the morrow, as they went on their journey, and drew nigh unto the city, Peter went up upon the housetop to pray about the sixth hour:
10And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
11And saw heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending unto him, as it had been a great sheet knit at the four corners, and let down to the earth:
12Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- becameginomaito becomeG1096 →
- hungryprospeinosvery hungryG4361 →
- eatengeuomaito taste, to try the flavour of, to tasteG1089 →
- readyparaskeuazōto make one's self ready, to prepare one's self, have prepared one's self, to be prepared…G3903 →
- fellepipiptōto fall upon, to rush or press upon, to lie upon one, to fall into one s embrace, to fall…G1968 →
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Cornelius had received positive orders from heaven to send for Peter, whom otherwise he had not heard of, or at least not heeded; but here is another difficulty that lies in the way of bringing them together - the question is whether Peter will come to Cornelius when he is sent for;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-18