And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
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Gill's Exposition
And he became very hungry,.... It being in the middle of the day, when it was usual to eat; and perhaps he had ate nothing that day, for those were reckoned the most religious persons, who eat nothing…
Barnes' Notes
And he became very hungry - Prom the connection, where it is said that they were making ready, that is, preparing a meal, it would seem that this was the customary hour of dining. The Hebrews, Greeks,…
Adam Clarke
He became very hungry - It seems that this happened about dinner-time; for it appears that they were making ready, παρασκευαζοντων, dressing the victuals for the family. The dinner among the ancients…
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…
Cambridge Bible
he fell into a trance So that the vision was seen by him only mentally, when he was rapt out of the body, and beheld all things as a man in a dream.
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