Acts 12:14

And having recognized the kol (voice) of Kefa, from simcha she did not open the gate but, having run inside, she reported that Kefa stood at the gate.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 Kefa knocked on the delet (door) of the gate, a na'arah by name Rhoda, approached to listen.

15But the ones there said to her, You are meshuggah! But she kept insisting it was so. But they were saying, It is his malach.

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Cross References

Luke 24:41And while in their simcha they were still disbelieving and astonished, he said to them, Have you some okhel here?

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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