Acts Chapter 10 verse 25 Holy Bible
And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
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And when Peter came in, Cornelius came to him and, falling down at his feet, gave him worship.
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And when Peter was now coming in, Cornelius met him, and falling down did [him] homage.
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And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.
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When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.
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and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at `his' feet, did bow before `him';
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 25. - When it came to pass that Peter entered for as Peter was coming in, A.V. The commentators all notice the ungrammatical phrase, ἐγένετο τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν, of the R.T. It seems to be a mixture of two con- structions - ἐγένετο τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν τὸν Πέτρον and ὡς δὲ εἰσῆλθεν ὁ Πέτρος. But probably the T.R. is right. Worshipped him; not necessarily as a god, because προσκυνεῖν (with a dative or an accusative, or, as here, without any case, Hebrew הִשְׁתַחֲוֶה) is constantly used to express that prostration which Orientals practiced before those whom they wished to honor; e.g. Genesis 23:7, 12; Genesis 33:3, 6, 7, etc. But Peter's answer shows that he saw in it greater honor than ought to be paid by one man to another (see Acts 14:15).
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(25) Fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.--The attitude was the extremest form of Eastern homage. So Jairus had bowed down before Jesus (Matthew 9:18), so St. John bowed before the angel (Revelation 22:8). Peter's answer, in strong contrast with the words and acts, the very ceremonial, of those who claim to be his successors, shows that he looked on it as expressing a homage such as God alone could rightly claim. For man to require or receive it from man was an inversion of the true order, The language of the angel in Revelation 22:9--"See thou do it not: for I am thy fellow-servant . . . worship God"--implies the same truth. Both bear their witness, all the more important because not controversial, against any culius of saints or angels that tends to effacActs 14:15).
