Acts 12:15

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

Literal Standard Version

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

14and 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,

16and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

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Cross References

Job 9:16Though I had called and He answers me, I do not believe that He gives ear [to] my voice.

Mark 16:11and they, having heard that He is alive, and was seen by her, did not believe.

Luke 24:11and their sayings appeared before them as idle talk, and they were not believing them.

Acts 26:24And he thus making a defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “You are mad, Paul; much learning turns you mad!”

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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