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Acts 10:26

Acts 10:26
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

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…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Stand up ... - This does not imply that Peter supposed that Cornelius intended to do him religious reverence. It was…

Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832

I myself also am a man - "I am not an angel; I am come to you simply, on the part of God, to deliver to you the doctrine…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Acts 10:19-33

We have here the meeting between Peter the apostle, and Cornelius the centurion. Though Paul was designed to be the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

But Peter took( raised) him up Cp. with the way in which Peter here declines to permit such reverence, the way in which…