Acts 10:25
New International Version
As Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet in reverence.

New Living Translation
As Peter entered his home, Cornelius fell at his feet and worshiped him.

English Standard Version
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.

Berean Standard Bible
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

Berean Literal Bible
And as Peter was entering, Cornelius, having met him, having fallen at the feet, worshiped him.

King James Bible
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

New King James Version
As Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.

New American Standard Bible
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

NASB 1995
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

NASB 1977
And when it came about that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell at his feet and worshiped him.

Amplified Bible
When Peter arrived, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet and worshiped him.

Christian Standard Bible
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

American Standard Version
And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when Shimeon entered, Cornelius met him and fell worshiping at his feet.

Contemporary English Version
When Peter arrived, Cornelius greeted him. Then he knelt at Peter's feet and started worshiping him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And it came to pass, that when Peter was come in, Cornelius came to meet him, Cornelius came to meet him, and falling at his feet adored.

English Revised Version
And when it came to pass that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When Peter was about to enter Cornelius' house, Cornelius met him, bowed down, and worshiped Peter.

Good News Translation
As Peter was about to go in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and bowed down before him.

International Standard Version
When Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him, bowed down at his feet, and began to worship him.

Literal Standard Version
and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at [his] feet, worshiped [him];

Majority Standard Bible
As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him.

New American Bible
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him and, falling at his feet, paid him homage.

NET Bible
So when Peter came in, Cornelius met him, fell at his feet, and worshiped him.

New Revised Standard Version
On Peter’s arrival Cornelius met him, and falling at his feet, worshiped him.

New Heart English Bible
When it happened that Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

Weymouth New Testament
When Peter entered the house, Cornelius met him, and threw himself at his feet to do him homage.

World English Bible
When Peter entered, Cornelius met him, fell down at his feet, and worshiped him.

Young's Literal Translation
and as it came that Peter entered in, Cornelius having met him, having fallen at his feet, did bow before him;

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Peter Visits Cornelius
24The following day he arrived in Caesarea, where Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends. 25 As Peter was about to enter, Cornelius met him and fell at his feet to worship him. 26But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”…

Cross References
Daniel 2:46
At this, King Nebuchadnezzar fell on his face, paid homage to Daniel, and ordered that an offering of incense be presented to him.

Matthew 8:2
Suddenly a leper came and knelt before Him, saying, "Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean."


Treasury of Scripture

And as Peter was coming in, Cornelius met him, and fell down at his feet, and worshipped him.

and fell.

Acts 14:11-13
And when the people saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia, The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men…

Daniel 2:30,46
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart…

Matthew 8:2
And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

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Acts 10
1. Cornelius, a devout man, being commanded by an angel, sends for Peter,
11. who by a vision is taught not to despise the Gentiles;
17. and is commanded by the Spirit to go with the messenger to Caesarea.
25. Cornelius shows the occasion of his sending for him.
34. As he preaches Christ to Cornelius and his company,
44. the Holy Spirit falls on them, and they are baptized.














(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).

Verse 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).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
As
Ὡς (Hōs)
Adverb
Strong's 5613: Probably adverb of comparative from hos; which how, i.e. In that manner.

Peter
Πέτρον (Petron)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4074: Peter, a Greek name meaning rock. Apparently a primary word; a rock; as a name, Petrus, an apostle.

was about
ἐγένετο (egeneto)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 1096: A prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb; to cause to be, i.e. to become, used with great latitude.

to enter,
εἰσελθεῖν (eiselthein)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 1525: To go in, come in, enter. From eis and erchomai; to enter.

Cornelius
Κορνήλιος (Kornēlios)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2883: Cornelius, a centurion of the Roman army, stationed at Caesarea. Of Latin origin; Cornelius, a Roman.

met
συναντήσας (synantēsas)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4876: To meet, encounter, fall in with. From sun and a derivative of anti; to meet with; figuratively, to occur.

him
αὐτῷ (autō)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 846: He, she, it, they, them, same. From the particle au; the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person, and of the other persons.

[and] fell
πεσὼν (pesōn)
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 4098: A reduplicated and contracted form of peto; probably akin to petomai through the idea of alighting; to fall.

at
ἐπὶ (epi)
Preposition
Strong's 1909: On, to, against, on the basis of, at.

[his]
τοὺς (tous)
Article - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

feet
πόδας (podas)
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural
Strong's 4228: The foot. A primary word; a 'foot'.

to worship [him].
προσεκύνησεν (prosekynēsen)
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 4352: From pros and a probable derivative of kuon; to fawn or crouch to, i.e. prostrate oneself in homage.


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