Acts 10:25

Peter Visits Cornelius

25 So it happened that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at [his] feet, [and] worshiped [him].

Acts 10:25 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:25

And as Peter was coming in
Not into the city of Caesarea, for his entrance there is mentioned before, but into the house of Cornelius:

Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet;
to testify his great affection for him, and reverence of him:

and worshipped [him];
not with a religious adoration, or with worship due to God; for that would have been contrary to his character as a devout man, and one that feared God; but with civil worship and respect, in which he might exceed just bounds, and therefore is reproved by Peter: nor could he take him for an angel of God, or for one sent immediately from heaven to him; for he had been informed who he was, and what he was, and from whence he came, and what he was to do.

Acts 10:25 In-Context

23 So he invited them in [and] entertained them as guests, and on the next day he got up [and] went away with them. And some of the brothers from Joppa accompanied him.

24 And on the next day he entered into Caesarea.

25 So it happened that when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at [his] feet, [and] worshiped [him].

26 But Peter helped him up, saying, "Get up! I myself am also a man!"

27 And [as he] conversed with him, he went in and found many [people] gathered.

Footnotes

• [a]. *Literally "the"; the Greek article is used here as a possessive pronoun
• [b]. *Here "[and]" is supplied because the previous participle ("fell") has been translated as a finite verb
• [c]. *Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation