ACTS 12:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.”
Peter knocked on the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.'—the domestic detail ('servant named Rhoda') adds human verisimilitude; Rhoda (Greek: Rhoda, 'rose') is a minor character whose moment becomes significant. The 'outer entrance' (thyra tou pylōnos, 'door of the gate') suggests a courtyard entrance; security consciousness shapes even prayer-house architecture.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:13
but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. Acts 12:13-15 But they, though it was so, shook their heads (incredulously): And they said to her, You are mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel. But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished. 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…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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