Acts 12:14

and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,

Literal Standard Version

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 Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a girl to listen, by name Rhoda,

15and they said to her, “You are mad”; and she was confidently affirming [it] to be so, and they said, “It is his messenger”;

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Cross References

Luke 24:41and while they are not believing from the joy, and wondering, He said to them, “Do you have anything 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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