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Acts 12:15

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13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

14 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.

And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

16 But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

17 But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
KJV
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
WEB
They said to her, “You are crazy!” But she insisted that it was so. They said, “It is his angel.”
ASV
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
DARBY
And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
BLB
And they said to her, “You are out of your mind.” But she kept insisting [it] to be so. And they kept saying, “It is his angel.”
ÅB
De sa til henne: Du er fra sans og samling. Men hun forsikret at det var slik. Da sa de: Det er hans engel.
OTB
De sa til henne: "Du er fra vettet." Men hun fortsatte å insistere på at det var sant. De sa: "Det må være hans engel."
B1930
De sa til henne: Du er fra sans og samling. Men hun forsikret at det var således. Da sa de: Det er hans engel.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 18:10

    Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

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  • Luke 24:37–38

    But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit.

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  • Luke 24:11

    And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.

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  • Mark 16:14

    Afterward he appeared unto the eleven as they sat at meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen.

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  • Acts 26:24

    And as he thus spake for himself, Festus said with a loud voice, Paul, thou art beside thyself; much learning doth make thee mad.

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  • Mark 16:11

    And they, when they had heard that he was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not.

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  • Job 9:16

    If I had called, and he had answered me; yet would I not believe that he had hearkened unto my voice.

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  • Genesis 48:16

    The Angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.

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