Acts 12:9

And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision. He - wist not - He knew not; from the Anglo-Saxon, to know. He supposed himself to be in a dream.

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⁹ And he went out, and followed him; and wist not that it was true which was done by the angel; but thought he saw a vision.

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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