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Acts 10:26

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But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”

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Verse 26. S. Chrysostom (hom. xxi in Act) thinketh Peter refused this homage through humility, because this falling down, προσκυνειν, is frequently used in Scripture towards men. S. Jerom (adv. Vigil. c. ii) holds the contrary sentiment.

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