Acts 10:26

26 But Peter made him get up, saying, "Stand up; I am only a mortal."

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 The following day they came to Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.
25 On Peter's arrival Cornelius met him, and falling at his feet, worshiped him.
26 But Peter made him get up, saying, "Stand up; I am only a mortal."
27 And as he talked with him, he went in and found that many had assembled;
28 and he said to them, "You yourselves know that it is unlawful for a Jew to associate with or to visit a Gentile; but God has shown me that I should not call anyone profane or unclean.
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