Acts 12:15

But they said to her, “You are mad!” Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, “It is his angel.”

English Majority Text (NT)

In The King James Version

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

In Context

14When she recognized Peter's voice, because of her gladness she did not open the gate, but running in, she announced that Peter stood at the gate.

16But Peter was continuing knocking; and opening the door they saw him, and were astounded.

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Cross References

Mark 16:11And those, when they heard that He was alive and had been seen by her, did not believe. 1 Jesus Appears to Two Disciples

Luke 24:11And their words seemed like nonsense before them, and they disbelieved them.

Acts 26:24Now as he spoke these things, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul! Your higher learning is driving you to madness!”

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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