Acts 10:26

26 But Peter took him up , saying , Stand up ; I myself also am a man.

Acts 10:26 Meaning and Commentary

Acts 10:26

But Peter took him up
As he lay at his feet, and lifted him up and set him on his legs:

saying, stand up;
and continue in this posture:

I myself also am a man;
a mortal man, a man of like passions with others, no better than others by nature: and it was by grace, and not any merit of his own, that he was a believer in Christ, and an apostle of his; and therefore he chose not to have any distinguishing homage and respect paid to him, and especially in any excessive and extravagant way; which though not designed, might carry in it a suggestion, as if he was more than a man.

Acts 10:26 In-Context

24 And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them , and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25 And as Peter was coming in , Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26 But Peter took him up , saying , Stand up ; I myself also am a man.
27 And as he talked with him, he went in , and found many that were come together .
28 And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company , or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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