Acts 12:14

And she recognized the voice of Simon: and, In her joy, she did not open to him the gate, but ran back, and told them: Lo, Simon is standing at the gate of the court.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 he knocked at the gate of the court; and a maid named Rhoda came to reply to him.

15They said to her: Thou art delirious. But she maintained that it was a fact. They said to her: Perhaps it is his ghost.

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Cross References

Luke 24:41And while they still believed not, for their joy, and were astonished; he said to them: Have ye here any thing 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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