Acts 12:15

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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 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.

16And Simon was knocking at the gate; and they went out, saw him, and were astonished.

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Cross References

Mark 16:11And they, when they heard the women say that he was alive, and that he had appeared to them, did not believe them.

Luke 24:11And these words appeared in their eyes as dreams: and they believed them not.

Acts 26:24And when Paul had extended his defence thus far, Festus cried, with a loud voice: Paul, thou art deranged: much study hath deranged thee.

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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