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Acts 10:25-26 KJV
Acts · chapter 10 · verses 25–26
25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him. 26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.Acts 10:25-26 · King James Version
Acts 10:25-26 in context
23Then called he them in, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went away with them, and certain brethren from Joppa accompanied him.
24And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
25And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
26But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.
27And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.
28And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.
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Key words (Strong's)
- CorneliuskornēliosCornelius = " of a horn" , a Roman centurion of the Italian cohort stationed in…G2883 →
- sayinglegōto say, to speak, affirm over, maintain, to teach, to exhort, advise, to command, direct…G3004 →
- myselfautoshimself, herself, themselves, itself, he, she, it, the sameG846 →
- PeterpetrosPeter = " a rock or a stone" , one of the twelve disciples of JesusG4074 →
- feetpousa foot, both of men or beast, often in the orient, one put his foot on vanquished, of…G4228 →
- tookegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- metsynantaōto meet with, of events to happen or befallG4876 →
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We have here the meeting between Peter the apostle, and Cornelius the centurion. Though Paul was designed to be the apostle of the Gentiles, and to gather in the harvest among them, and Peter to be the apostle of the circumcision, yet it is ordered that Peter shall break the ice, and reap the first-fruits of the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 19-33