ἐγένετο for ἐπέπεσεν with אABC. Vulg. ‘cecidit.’

10. πρόσπεινος, very hungry. The word is found nowhere else.

ἤθελεν γεύσασθαι, he would have eaten. γεύομαι is not commonly used for taking a meal, but (LXX. Genesis 25:30) the hungry Esau says γεῦσόν με�.

παρασκευαζόντων δὲ αὐτῶν, but while they made ready. The persons to whom reference is made in αὐτῶν have been in no way indicated, but the mind readily supplies the οἰκέται to whom the wish for food would be communicated.

ἐγένετο ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἔκστασις, he fell into a trance. The word ἔκστασις is used by the LXX. (Genesis 2:21) of the deep sleep sent upon Adam, and also (Genesis 15:12) of that which came upon Abraham, when it was revealed unto him that his seed should be captives in a strange land, before they entered on the possession of Canaan. In like manner here, the vision was disclosed mentally to St Peter, all things being presented to him as in a dream.

Chrysostom says, τί ἐστιν ἔκστασις; πνευματική, φησί, θεωρία γέγονεν αὐτῷ. τοῦ σώματος, ὡς ἃν εἴπῃ τις, ἐξέστη ἡ ψυχή.

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