ACTS 12:15 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.”
'You're out of your mind,' they told her. But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, 'It must be his angel.'—the disciples' skepticism ('You're out of your mind,' mainē) reflects either disbelief in prayer's efficacy or belief in Peter's inevitable fate. The alternative (it must be his angel,' ho angelos autou estin) echoes Jewish belief in guardian angels, yet suggests they doubt Peter's actual rescue. Their incredulity despite corporate prayer reveals the gap between intercession and faith.
Church Fathers on Acts 12:15
And they said to her, You are mad: but she constantly affirmed that it was even so: then said they, It is his Angel. Acts 12:15 This is a truth, that each man has an Angel. And what would the Angel? It was from the time (of night) that they surmised this. But when he continued knocking, and when they had opened, and saw him, they were astonished. But he beckoning to them with his hand (v. 16, 17), made them keep quiet, to hear all that had happened to him. He was now an…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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