Acts 12:14

And recognizing Peter’s voice, she did not open the entrance for joy, but ran in and told that Peter was standing before the entrance.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

In Context

13And when he knocked at the door of the entrance, a maid-servant, named Rhoda, came to listen.

15And they said to her: You are mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. Then said hey: It is his angel.

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Cross References

Luke 24:41And while they did not believe as yet for joy, and were astonished, he said to them: Have you any thing here to eat?

Matthew Henry on Acts 12:6-20

Peter's Imprisonment and Deliverance. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. 6 And when Herod would have brought him forth, the same night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains: and the keepers before the door kept the prison. 7 And, behold, the angel of the Lord came upon him, and a light shined in the prison: and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him up, saying, Arise up quickly. And his chains fell off from his… Read the whole commentary →

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