On reflection, as compared with his ecstatic state . A general summons to anyone within, in order to make inquiries. See on Matt. But as relatives or kinsmen is expressed by suggeneiv, this must be taken in the sense of intimate friends a meaning which it has in later Greek writers. An unfortunate translation, according to modern English usage, but justified by the usage of earlier English, according to which to worship meant simply to honor .
Worship is worthship, or honor paid to dignity or worth.
This usage survives in the expressions worshipful and your worship . So Wycliffe renders Matt. Here the meaning is that Cornelius paid reverence by prostrating himself after the usual oriental manner. The word is peculiar to Peter, being used only here and 1 Pet. See note there.