A period when the normal faculties of perception and recognition are in suspense. Some visions recorded in the NT (e.g. of Peter, Acts 10: 10) were received during a trance.
Citation for trance
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"trance." In A Dictionary of the Bible. Ed. W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online. May 19, 2013. <http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1944>.
Chicago
"trance." In A Dictionary of the Bible. , edited by W. R. F. Browning. Oxford Biblical Studies Online, http://www.oxfordbiblicalcstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1944 (accessed May 19, 2013).