14When she recognized Peter's voice, she was so overjoyed she ran back without opening it and exclaimed, "Peter is at the door!"


In Context

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."

16 But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

Acts 12:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:14And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:14And as soon as she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running in she told that Peter stood before the gate.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:14and having recognised the voice of Peter, through joy did not open the entry, but running in, reported that Peter was standing before the entry.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the gate

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:14When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:14and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:14And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.