Acts 12:14

and recognizing Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing there.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

13When he knocked at the wicket in the door, a maidservant named Rhoda came to answer the knock;

15"You are mad," they said. But she strenuously maintained that it was true. "It is his guardian angel," they said.

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Cross References

Luke 24:41But, while they still could not believe it for joy and were full of astonishment, He asked them, "Have you any food 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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