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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, kjv@Acts:10:10 kjv@Acts:11:5 kjv@Acts:22:17 , ecstasies, "a preternatural, absorbed state of mind preparing for the reception of the vision", (comp. kjv@2Corinthians:12:1-4). In kjv@Mark:5:42 and kjv@Luke:5:26 the Greek word is rendered "astonishment," "amazement" (comp. kjv@Mark:16:8; kjv@Acts:3:10).