And he went out and continued to follow, and yet he did not know that what was being done by the angel was real, but thought he was seeing (A)a vision. 10 Now when they had passed the first and second guard, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which (B)opened for them by itself; and they went out and went along one street, and immediately the angel departed from him. 11 When Peter (C)came [a]to himself, he said, “Now I know for sure that (D)the Lord has sent forth His angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all [b]that the Jewish people were expecting.” 12 And when he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of (E)John, who was also called Mark, where many were gathered together and (F)were praying. 13 When he knocked at the door of the gate, (G)a slave woman named Rhoda came to answer. 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, (H)because of her joy she did not open the gate, but ran in and announced that Peter was standing in front of the gate. 15 They said to her, “You are out of your mind!” But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, “It is (I)his angel.”

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 12:11 Lit in himself
  2. Acts 12:11 Lit the expectation of the people of the Jews

Peter followed him out of the prison, but he had no idea that what the angel was doing was really happening; he thought he was seeing a vision.(A) 10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself,(B) and they went through it. When they had walked the length of one street, suddenly the angel left him.

11 Then Peter came to himself(C) and said, “Now I know without a doubt that the Lord has sent his angel and rescued me(D) from Herod’s clutches and from everything the Jewish people were hoping would happen.”

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark,(E) where many people had gathered and were praying.(F) 13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.(G) 14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed(H) 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.”(I)

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