ACTS 10:26 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man.”
But Peter made him get up. 'Stand up,' he said, 'I am only a man myself.'—Peter's immediate refusal and self-correction ('I am only a man') establishes apostolic theology: the apostle is conduit, not object, of worship. The word 'man' (anthrōpos) emphasizes shared humanity between apostle and Gentile. Peter redirects worship away from himself toward Christ; this refusal distinguishes Christian authority from pagan priestcraft.
Church Fathers on Acts 10:26
But Peter took him up, saying, Stand up; I myself also am a man. Acts 10:26 Do you mark how, before all else (the Apostles) teach them this lesson, not to think great things of them? And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that had come together. And he said to them, You 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 has showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. (v. 27,…
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