16But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.


In Context

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

14 When 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.

15 They said to her, |You are crazy!| But she insisted that it was so. They said, |It is his angel.|

16 But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

17 But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, |Tell these things to James, and to the brothers.| Then he departed, and went to another place.

18 Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.

Acts 12:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened [the door,] and saw him, they were astonished.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened, they saw him, and were astonished.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking: and having opened, they saw him and were astonished.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking. And when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:16and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.