Acts 12:13 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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

Acts 12:13 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 12:16
But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
Luke 13:25
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
John 18:16-17
But Peter stood at the door without. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. …

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 5-19)

We have here an account of Peter’s deliverance out of prison, by which the design of Herod against him was defeated, and his life preserved for further service, and a stop given to this bloody torrent. Now, I. One thing that magnified his deliverance was that it was a signal answer to prayer (Acts 12:5): Peter was kept in prison with a great deal of care, so that it was altogether impossible, eith…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 13)

12-17. he came to the house of Mary, &c.--who “must have had a house of some pretensions to receive a large number; and, accordingly, we read that her brother Barnabas (Col 4:10) was a person of substance (Ac 4:37). She must also have been distinguished for faith and courage to allow such a meeting in the face of persecution” [Webster and Wilkinson]. To such a house it was natural that Peter shoul…