New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Acts 12:13
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He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
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And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
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When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.
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And he having knocked [at] the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to listen.
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Acts 12
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
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