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Acts 12:13-16
Contemporary English Version
Acts 12:13-16
Contemporary English Version
13 Peter knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she heard Peter's voice, she was too excited to open the gate. She ran back into the house and said Peter was standing there.
15 “You are crazy!” everyone told her. But she kept saying it was Peter. Then they said, “It must be his angel.”[a] 16 But Peter kept on knocking, until finally they opened the gate. They saw him and were completely amazed.
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- 12.15 his angel: Probably meaning “his guardian angel.”
Acts 12:13-16
New International Version
Acts 12:13-16
New International Version
13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(A) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(B) she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, “Peter is at the door!”
15 “You’re out of your mind,” they told her. When she kept insisting that it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”(C)
16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.
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