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Selected Verse: Acts 10:26 - Strong Concordance
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ac 10:26 |
Strong Concordance |
But [1161] Peter [4074] took [1453] him [846] up [1453], saying [3004], Stand up [450]; I [2504] myself [846] also [2504] am [1510] a man [444]. |
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King James |
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Stand up ... - This does not imply that Peter supposed that Cornelius intended to do him religious reverence. It was practically saying to him, "I am nothing more than a man as thou art, and pretend to no right to such profound respects as these, but am ready in civil life to show thee all the respect that is due" (Doddridge). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
I myself also am a man - And not God, who alone ought to be worshipped, Mat 4:10. Have all his pretended successors attended to this? |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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 of eternal life." |
10 Then [5119] saith [3004] Jesus [2424] unto him [846], Get thee hence [5217], Satan [4567]: for [1063] it is written [1125], Thou shalt worship [4352] the Lord [2962] thy [4675] God [2316], and [2532] him [846] only [3441] shalt thou serve [3000].