Acts 10:26

But Peter helped him up, ¹  saying, “Stand up. I too am a mere mortal.” ² 

Isa 42:8; Isa 48:13; Mt 4:10; Ac 14:14,15; 2Th 2:3,4; Re 13:8; Re 19:10; Re 22:9

¹ tn BDAG 271 s.v. ἐγείρω 3 has “raise, help to rise….Stretched out Ac 10:26.”

² tn Although it is certainly true that Peter was a “man,” here ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") has been translated as “mere mortal” because the emphasis in context is not on Peter’s maleness, but his humanity. Contrary to what Cornelius thought, Peter was not a god or an angelic being, but a mere mortal.