Acts 12:16; Luke 13:25
At the door of the gate - Rather the door of the vestibule, or principal entrance into the house. The house was entered through such a porch or v...
(6) And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel (d) came to hearken, named Rhoda. (6) We obtain more from God than we dare well hope for....
Persecution of the Church by Herod Agrippa. Peter's Escape from Prison. On Agrippa, see p. 610. His persecution of the Christians was according to...
as Peter knocked . Peter, having knocked. gate . Greek. pulon. Translated "porch" in Matthew 26:71 . damsel . Greek. paidiske. Compare App-...
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. As Peter knocked - The door was probably shut for fear of the Je...
At the door of the gate,— The word πυλων, here, properly signifies what we generally call the gateway of a large house; and it is probable that t...
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And as Peter - rather, 'as he' (according to the better...
Imprisonment of Peter. Death of Herod 1-19. Persecution of the Church at Jerusalem by Herod. Martyrdom of James the son of Zebedee. Peter's impris...
A damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. — The mention of the name of the slave indicates St. Luke’s care in ascertaining details, as far as his oppo...
beyond Their Faith Acts 12:13-25 Mark's mother was evidently a woman of property, as her house was large enough to receive the many who felt th...
Again persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and the first of the apostolic band suffered martyrdom at the hands of Herod. A revealing sentence concerni...
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Hero...
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate , c. The lesser door in the great gate, or the door of the porch through which they entered into the ho...
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. Ver. 13. To hearken ] Before she opened, lest some pursuivan...
When Peter was come to himself And perceived that the extraordinary things which had been shown him were not visionary representations, but real fa...
For a brief time again our eyes are turned toward Jerusalem and Peter, though Peter's work is no longer taking the prominent place it did at the begi...
Peter's Imprisonment and Deliverance. 5 Peter therefore was kept in prison: but p...
The door of the gate; this was the outermost door to the porch, or court before the house. A damsel came to hearken; being in great fear of a sup...
Jerusalem Finally Rejects the Apostles, Kingship Ceases in Israel, And The Word Of God Goes On Multiplying (12:1-24). The new centre for world eva...
‘And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda, and when she knew Peter's voice, she did not open the gate for joy,...
CRITICAL REMARKS Acts 12:1 . About that time (compare Acts 19:23 ).— I.e. , before, or about the time of, the arrival of Barnabas and Saul at...
Acts 12:1 . About that time, when the word of the Lord prevailed so remarkably in Antioch and the northern provinces, and when Paul and Barnabas h...
Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church. Herod the king The previous life of this prince had...
And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark. John Mark 1. Two names are here,...
EXPOSITION Acts 12:1 Put for stretched, A.V.; afflict for vex, A.V. The phrase, About that time, as in Acts 19:23 , points to wh...
Peter in the house of Mary:
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
The gate — At some distance from the house; to hearken — If any knocked.
13 And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken,c named Rhoda.