1. Acts 10:26 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why does Peter say he is only a man?

Acts 10:26 (ESV)

26 But Peter lifted him up, saying, “Stand up; I too am a man.”

Peter thinks that it is inappropriate for Cornelius to fall at his feet. He wants to make it clear that he is a man and does not seek to rob the true God of the honour that is due to him alone.1