Acts 10:26

26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

Acts 10:26 in Other Translations

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

26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, "Stand up; I too am a man."

26 But Peter pulled him up and said, “Stand up! I’m a human being just like you!”

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

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

26 But Peter made him get up. He told him, "Stand up! I'm only a man."

26 But Peter helped him up and said, "Stand up! I myself am also a man."

26 But Peter made him get up. "Stand up," he said. "I am only a man myself."

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 he arrived in Caesarea. Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.

25 As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.

26 But Peter made him get up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”

27 While talking with him, Peter went inside and found a large gathering of people.

28 He said to them: “You are well aware that it is against our law for a Jew to associate with or visit a Gentile. But God has shown me that I should not call anyone impure or unclean.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 14:15; Revelation 19:10; Revelation 22:8,9