Atti 10:25

25 E come Pietro entrava, Cornelio, fattoglisi incontro, gli si gittò ai 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 Allora, fattili entrare, li albergò. Ed il giorno seguente andò con loro; e alcuni dei fratelli di Ioppe l’accompagnarono.

24 E il giorno di poi entrarono in Cesarea. Or Cornelio li stava aspettando e avea chiamato i suoi parenti e i suoi intimi amici.

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

26 Ma Pietro lo rialzò, dicendo: Lèvati, anch’io sono uomo!

27 E discorrendo con lui, entrò e trovò molti radunati quivi.