Acts 10:10

And when he was hungered, he would have eaten. But while they made ready, a ravishing of the spirit, [or an excess of soul], felled on him;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

9And on the day (pur)suing, while they made journey, and nighed to the city, Peter went up into the highest place of the house to pray, about the sixth hour. (And on the following day, while they journeyed, and approached the city, Peter went up to the highest place of the house to pray, at about noon.)

11and he saw heaven opened, and a vessel coming down, as a great sheet with four corners [or with four cords], to be let down from heaven into earth (or to be let down from heaven onto the earth),

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Cross References

Numbers 24:16the hearer of God’s words said, which knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the revelation of Almighty God, which falleth down, and hath open eyes, (yea, the hearer of God’s words said, who knoweth the doctrine of the Highest, and seeth the revelation of Almighty God, and who falleth down, but his eyes still be open,)

Ezekiel 11:24And the spirit raised me, and brought me into Chaldea, to the passing over, in [a] vision by the spirit of God; and the vision which I had seen, was taken away from me. (And the spirit raised me up, and brought me into Chaldea, to the exiles, or to the captives, in a vision by the Spirit of God; and then the vision which I had seen, was taken away from me.)

Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward he hungered.

Matthew 21:18But on the morrow, he, turning again into the city, hungered. (But the next morning, as he returned to the city, he was hungry.)

2 Corinthians 12:2I know a man in Christ that before fourteen years; whether in body, whether out of body, I know not, God knoweth; that such a man was ravished unto the third heaven. (I know a man in the Messiah who fourteen years ago; whether in the body, or out of the body, I do not know, but God knoweth; that man was snatched up into the third heaven.)

Revelation 4:2And anon I was in (the) Spirit, and lo! a seat was set in heaven, and upon the seat one sitting. (And at once I was in the Spirit, and behold! there was a throne in heaven, and (One) sitting upon the throne.)

Matthew Henry on Acts 10:10-19

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 pray about the sixth hour: 10 And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance, 11 And 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: 12 Wherein were all manner of fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of… Read the whole commentary →

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