KJV King James Version
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
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Acts 10:10
And he became very hungry, and would have eaten: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance,
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
WEB World English Bible
He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
ASV American Standard Version
and he became hungry, and desired to eat: but while they made ready, he fell into a trance;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he became very hungry, and wished to eat; and they making ready, there fell upon him a trance,
Surrounding context — Acts 10
7 And when the angel which spake unto Cornelius was departed, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of them that waited on him continually;
8 And when he had declared all [these] things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
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 the air.
13 And there came a voice to him, Rise, Peter; kill, and eat.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
ἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beδὲG1161 · dethenπρόσπεινος,G4361 · prospeinosvery hungryκαὶG2532 · kaiandἤθελενG2309 · thelōto will/desireγεύσασθαι.G1089 · geuōto tasteπαρασκευαζόντωνG3903 · paraskeuazōto prepareδὲG1161 · dethenαὐτῶνG846 · autosit/s/heἐγένετοG1096 · ginomaito beἐπ᾽G1909 · epiupon/to/againstαὐτὸνG846 · autosit/s/heἔκστασις,G1611 · ekstasisamazement
Cross-references
Acts 22:17And it came to pass, that, when I was come again to Jerusalem, even while I prayed in the temple, I was in a trance;Matthew 4:2And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.Ezekiel 8:1-3And it came to pass in the sixth year, in the sixth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, [as] I sat in mine house, and the elders of Judah sat before me, that the hand of the Lord GOD fell there upon me.Ezekiel 40:2In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel, and set me upon a very high mountain, by which [was] as the frame of a city on the south.Revelation 1:10I was in the Spirit on the Lord’s day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,Matthew 12:1-3At that time Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.Revelation 4:2-3And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and [one] sat on the throne.2 Corinthians 12:2-4I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such an one caught up to the third heaven.Ezekiel 11:24Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.Numbers 24:4He hath said, which heard the words of God, which saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:Matthew 21:18Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered.Numbers 24:16He hath said, which heard the words of God, and knew the knowledge of the most High, [which] saw the vision of the Almighty, falling [into a trance], but having his eyes open:
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