Actes 10:25

25 Et comme Pierre entrait, Corneille alla au-devant de lui, et se jetant à ses pieds, l'adora.

Actes 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.

Actes 10:25 In-Context

23 Pierre les ayant donc fait entrer, les logea; et le lendemain il s'en alla avec eux, et quelques-uns des frères de Joppe l'accompagnèrent.

24 Le jour suivant ils entrèrent à Césarée. Or, Corneille les attendait avec ses parents et ses plus intimes amis qu'il avait réunis.

25 Et comme Pierre entrait, Corneille alla au-devant de lui, et se jetant à ses pieds, l'adora.

26 Mais Pierre le releva, en disant: Lève-toi; moi-même aussi je suis un homme.

27 Et s'entretenant avec lui, il entra, et trouva plusieurs personnes assemblées.