13Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door.


In Context

10 They passed the first and second guards and came to the iron gate leading to the city. It opened for them by itself, 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 and said, "Now I know without a doubt that the Lord sent his angel and rescued me from Herod's clutches and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating."

12 When this had dawned on him, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered and were praying.

13 Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer the door.

14 When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed 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."

Acts 12:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:13And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, whose name was Rhode.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:13And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:13And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:13And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to listen, named Rhoda.