Acts 10:26 (WEB)
But Peter raised him up, saying, “Stand up! I myself am also a man.”
Fathers and councils · 5
Athanasius of Alexandria
“Thus Peter the Apostle hinders Cornelius who would worship him, saying, ‘I myself also am a man.’” — editor's note: Acts x. 26.
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Jerome
“And we read the same respecting Peter, who, when Cornelius wished to adore him, raised him by the hand, and said,“Stand up, for I also am a man.”” — editor's note: Acts x. 26.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But by a kind of figure may he also be called a man, and yet not be a man.” — editor's note: [Angels are so called. Dan. ix. 21, Acts x. 26. Compare Mark xvi. 5; Rev. xix. 10; also this vol. p. 117, note 7, supra.—C.]
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Cyprian of Carthage
“Worship Jesus the Lord.”” — editor's note: Rev. xxii. 9; [also xix. 10. And compare Acts x. 26, and xiv. 14, 15; also Col. ii. 18.]
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Gregory the Great
“For Peter, who had received from God the principality of Holy Church, from Cornelius, acting well and prostrating himself humbly before him, refused to accept immoderate veneration, saying, Stand up; do it not; I myself also am a man (Acts x. 26).” — the author cites it
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