Acts 12:16

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

But Peter continued to knock and when they [finally] opened [the door] they saw that it [really] was Peter and were amazed.

Cross References

Acts 12:13

When Peter knocked at the entryway door, a young woman named Rhoda answered.

Acts 12:15

And they said to her, “You are crazy.” But she insisted that [what she reported] was true. They replied, “It is [only] his angel.”

Acts 12:17

[Upon entering the house] he held up his hand to quiet them, and then went on to explain how the Lord had rescued him from jail. He said to them, “[Go] tell all this to James [the Lord’s half-brother] and to [the rest of] the brothers.” Then he left [them] and went elsewhere.