ACTS 12:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“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.”
When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, 'Peter is at the door!'—Rhoda's joy ('overjoyed,' chara) is such that she forgets to open the door; recognition precedes action. Her voice-recognition (epignousa ten phōnēn) shows Peter's well-known presence and immediate danger (she shouts rather than lets him in). The comic-tragic moment shows human frailty amid divine deliverance.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:14
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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