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Acts 12:13
Acts 12:13 is verse 13 of Acts chapter 12, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
King James Version
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
World English Bible
When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.
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Acts 12:11–15 · Berean Standard Bible
11 Then Peter came to himself and said, “Now I know for sure that the Lord has sent His angel and rescued me from Herod’s grasp and from everything the Jewish people were anticipating.”
12 And when he had realized this, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, also called Mark, where many people had gathered together and were praying.
13 He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
14 When she recognized Peter’s voice, she was so overjoyed that she forgot to open the gate, but ran inside and announced, “Peter is standing at the gate!”
15 “You are out of your mind,” they told her. But when she kept insisting it was so, they said, “It must be his angel.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Acts 12:16But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astounded.
Luke 13:25After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’