Acts 10:26

26 Peter pulled him up and said, "None of that - I'm a man and only a man, no different from you."

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 A day later they entered Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had his relatives and close friends waiting with him.

25 The minute Peter came through the door, Cornelius was up on his feet greeting him - and then down on his face worshiping him!

26 Peter pulled him up and said, "None of that - I'm a man and only a man, no different from you."

27 Talking things over, they went on into the house, where Cornelius introduced Peter to everyone who had come.

28 Peter addressed them, "You know, I'm sure that this is highly irregular. Jews just don't do this - visit and relax with people of another race. But God has just shown me that no race is better than any other.