He became hungry and desired to eat, but while they were preparing, he fell into a trance.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 10. There came upon him an ecstasy [1] of mind. This is the true sense by the Greek. I have never yet eaten any unclean thing. This seems to have happened, an. 35. Till then the apostles followed the ceremonies of the law of Moses. It may seem strange that even Saint Peter should not know that the ceremonial precepts of the law were to be abolished. It may be answered, that Saint Peter and they, were only ignorant of the time, when they were to be laid aside; and so S. Chrysostom says, that the conversion of Cornelius, with all its circumstances, was to convince the Jews, rather than the apostles, that those ceremonies were no longer obligatory. Witham.