From Nave’s Topical Bible
Trance
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 4Passages listed
- 2Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Of BalaamNumbers 24:4Numbers 24:16
- Of PeterActs 10:10
- Of PaulActs 22:17
The passages, in Bible order (4)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 4 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Numbers 24:4
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
Commentary on Numbers 24:42 voices
The vision - So called properly, because he was awake when this was revealed to him: A trance - Or, extasy, fainting and falling upon the ground, as the prophets used to do.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765Evangelical
Falling into a trance - There is no indication in the Hebrew that he fell into a trance; these words are added by our translators, but they are not in the original. נפל nophel is the only word used, and simply signifies falling, or falling down, perhaps in this instance by way of religious prostration.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Numbers 24:16
the prophecy of one who hears the words of God, who has knowledge from the Most High, who sees a vision from the Almighty, who bows down with eyes wide open:
Commentary on Numbers 24:161 voice
And knew, the knowledge of the Most High - With the addition of these words, which point to the greater importance and the more distinctly predictive character of what follows, the introduction to this last parable is the same as the introduction to the preceding parable.
Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)Evangelical
- Acts 10:10
He became hungry and wanted something to eat, but while the meal was being prepared, he fell into a trance.
Commentary on Acts 10:102 voices
And he became very hungry - At the usual meal time. The symbols in visions and trances, it is easy to observe, are generally suited to the state of the natural faculties.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
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 was a very slight meal; and they had no breakfast: their supper was their principal meal. And, in very ancient times, they ate only once in the day. Supper was the meal at which they saw their friends, the business of the day being then finished. He fell into a trance - Επεπεσεν επ αυτον εκϚασις, An ecstasy fell upon him.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832Evangelical
- Acts 22:17
Later, when I had returned to Jerusalem and was praying at the temple, I fell into a trance
Commentary on Acts 22:172 voices
When I was returned to Jerusalem - From Damascus, and was praying in the temple - Whereby he shows that he still paid the temple its due honour, as the house of prayer. I was in a trance - Perhaps he might continue standing all the while, so that any who were near him would hardly discern it.
John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755Evangelical
But it happened that when I was returning to Jerusalem and praying in the temple, I fell into a trance, and saw him. For the trance of the mind, some Codices have a mental ecstasy, others a fear, others an alienation. For what is called …
Bede· Retractions on Acts, 735Patristic