Atti 10:25

25 E come Pietro entrava, Cornelio, fattoglisi incontro, gli si gittò a’ piedi, e l’adorò.

Atti 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.

Atti 10:25 In-Context

23 Pietro adunque, avendoli convitati d’entrare in casa, li albergò; poi, il giorno seguente, andò con loro; ed alcuni de’ fratelli di que’ di Ioppe l’accompagnarono.

24 E il giorno appresso entrarono in Cesarea. Or Cornelio li aspettava, avendo chiamati i suoi parenti ed i suoi intimi amici.

25 E come Pietro entrava, Cornelio, fattoglisi incontro, gli si gittò a’ piedi, e l’adorò.

26 Ma Pietro lo sollevò, dicendo: Levati, io ancora sono uomo.

27 E ragionando con lui, entrò, e trovò molti, che si erano quivi raunati.