Trance

"(Gr. ekstasis, from which the word "ecstasy" is derived) denotes" "the state of one who is "out of himself." Such were the trances" "of Peter and Paul, Acts 10:10; 11:5; 22:17, ecstasies, "a" "preternatural, absorbed state of mind preparing for the" "reception of the vision", (comp. 2 Cor. 12:1-4). In Mark 5:42" "and Luke 5:26 the Greek word is rendered "astonishment," amazement (comp. Mark 16:8; Acts 3:10).