Acts 12:15

They said to her, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind.” But when she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It is his angel.”

Text-Critical English 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, she was so overjoyed that she did not open the gate but ran in and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

16Meanwhile Peter continued knocking, and when they opened the gate, they saw him and were astonished.

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Cross References

Mark 16:11But when they heard that he was alive and that she had seen him, they did not believe it.

Luke 24:11But their words came across to the apostles as nonsense, and they did not believe them.

Acts 26:24As Paul was saying these things in his own defense, Festus said with a loud voice, “Yoʋ are out of yoʋr mind, Paul. Too much learning is driving yoʋ insane!”

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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