But Peter lifted him up, saying: Arise, I myself also am a man.

But Peter made him rise, saying, Rise up: I myself also am a man.

But Peter lifted him up. "Stand up," he said; "I myself also am but a man."

But Peter, lifting him up, said, Get up, for I am a man as you are.

Yet truly, Peter, lifting him up, said: "Rise up, for I also am only a man."

Peter, however, lifted him up, saying as he did so, "Stand up, I am only human like yourself."

Stand up - This does not imply that Peter supposed that Cornelius intended to do him religious reverence. It was practically saying to him, "I am nothing more than a man as thou art, and pretend to no right to such profound respects as these, but am ready in civil life to show thee all the respect that is due" (Doddridge).

I myself also am a man - "I am not an angel; I am come to you simply, on the part of God, to deliver to you the doctrine of eternal life."

But Peter took him up,.... As he lay at his feet, and lifted him up and set him on his legs:
saying, stand up; and continue in this posture:
I myself also am a man; a mortal man, a man of like passions with others, no better than others by nature: and it was by grace, and not any merit of his own, that he was a believer in Christ, and an apostle of his; and therefore he chose not to have any distinguishing homage and respect paid to him, and especially in any excessive and extravagant way; which though not designed, might carry in it a suggestion, as if he was more than a man.

I myself also am a man - And not God, who alone ought to be worshipped, Matthew 4:10. Have all his pretended successors attended to this?