Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Acts 12:14
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate.
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in and told how Peter stood before the gate.
SHE OPENED NOT THE GATE - At this time of night, and in these circumstances, the door would be fastened. Christians were doubtless alarmed by the death of James and the imprisonment of Peter, and they...
CHAPTER 12 _ 1. The great Persecution by Herod Agrippa I (Acts 12:1)._ 2. The miraculous deliverance of Peter (Acts 12:6). 3. The Presumption and Judgment of Herod (Acts 12:18). 4. Barnabas and Sau...
PERSECUTION OF THE CHURCH BY HEROD AGRIPPA. PETER'S ESCAPE FROM PRISON. On Agrippa, see p. 610. His persecution of the Christians was according to his general policy. The persecutions of the faithful...
IMPRISONMENT AND DELIVERANCE (Acts 12:1-11)...
When Peter had grasped what had happened, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark. There a large number had assembled together and were praying. When Peter had knocked...
WHEN SHE KNEW. having recognized. Greek. _epiginosko._ App-132. FOR. from. Greek. _apo._ App-104. TOLD. reported. Greek. _apangello._ Compare App-121....
_And when she knew Peter's voice_ We know that his speech was the cause of his being recognized on a previous occasion (Matthew 26:73). _she opened not the gate for gladness_ Cp. with this action the...
ΚΑῚ ἘΠΙΓΝΟΥ͂ΣΑ ΤῊΝ ΦΩΝῊΝ ΤΟΥ͂ ΠΈΤΡΟΥ, _and when she knew Peter’s voice_. We know that there was something easily recognized in it, and he was known by his speech on a former occasion (Matthew 26:73)....
SURPRISE OF THE BRETHREN AND ANGER OF HEROD...
_PETER'S RELEASE SURPRISED THE BRETHREN ACTS 12:13-19:_ When Peter first reached the gate he was left standing at the door by Rhoda. She was too amazed to open the gate. She ran into the house and sai...
ΈΠΙΓΝΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. (temp.) пот. fem. sing. от_ ΈΠΙΓΙΝΏΣΚΩ (G1921) узнавать. ΉΝΟΙΞΕΝ _aor. ind. act., см._ Acts 12:10. ΕΊΣΔΡΑΜΟΎΣΑ _aor. act. part. (сопутств.) от_ ΕΊΣΤΡΈΧΩ (G1532) вбегать, Ά...
5. AT JERUSALEM. Acts 12:1-24. a. Persecution of Herod. James beheaded. Peter imprisoned. Acts 12:1-5. Acts 12:1 Now about that time Herod the king put forth his hands to afflict certain of the c...
See notes one verse 13...
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. AND WHEN SHE KNEW PETER'S VOICE. He had before (says Humphry) been so r...
26 The name "Christian" is Latin in its termination, so seems to have been given by the Romans. It is mentioned only twice more (Act_26:28; 1Pe_4:16), and was a term of contempt. It is never used by t...
IMPRISONMENT OF PETER. DEATH OF HEROD 1-19. Persecution of the Church at Jerusalem by Herod. Martyrdom of James the son of Zebedee. Peter's imprisonment and miraculous release. The Church was persecut...
GOOD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ACTS _MARION ADAMS_ CHAPTER 12 PETER IN PRISON AGAIN, 12:1-5 V1 At that time, King Herod arrested some members of the *church. He made them suffer very badly. V2 He ordere...
SHE OPENED NOT THE GATE FOR GLADNESS. — The slave, it would seem, had shared the anxiety and borne her part in the prayers of the Church; and the eager desire to tell the good news that their prayers...
τῆς χαρᾶς : with article, the joy which she felt at the voice of Peter, _cf._ Luke 24:41 for the same emphatic expression. εἰσδ.: see above on Acts 12:10, only here in N.T., _cf._ 2Ma 5:26....
BEYOND THEIR FAITH Acts 12:13-25 Mark's mother was evidently a woman of property, as her house was large enough to receive the many who felt that prayer was the key to open Peter's prison. Rhoda is R...
Again persecution broke out in Jerusalem, and the first of the apostolic band suffered martyrdom at the hands of Herod. A revealing sentence concerning Herod is that which declares that when "he saw t...
The Danger of Prayer While Herod waited for the end of Passover, the church waited in prayer. They asked God to be with Peter, whether in simply requesting that God help sustain his faith or have him...
Now they have passed the gate and come to the first street. The angel disappears. Peter diagnoses his environments and locates himself, and goes at once to the house of Mary, where the saints are all...
And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of th...
We are now arrived at a turning-point in the history, not merely of the church, but of the unfolding of the truth of God, and the manifestation of His ways. The death of Stephen, therefore, has in var...
Herod, to please the Jews, begins to persecute the assembly in that city. We may remark here, that the company of believers at Antioch are also called the assembly (church), which is the case nowhere...
AND WHEN SHE KNEW PETER'S VOICE,.... often heard him preach and converse in the family: SHE OPENED NOT THE GATE FOR GLADNESS, filled with joy to hear his voice, and that he was delivered from prison,...
And when she knew Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate. Ver. 14. _She opened not the door for gladness_] For "fear and great joy,...
_When Peter was come to himself_ And perceived that the extraordinary things which had been shown him were not visionary representations, but real facts; and when he saw where he was; _he said, Now kn...
For a brief time again our eyes are turned toward Jerusalem and Peter, though Peter's work is no longer taking the prominent place it did at the beginning. Being the apostle to the Jews, he manifestly...
WHEN SHE RECOGNIZED PETER ' S VOICE, BECAUSE OF _HER_ GLADNESS SHE DID NOT OPEN THE GATE, BUT RAN IN AND ANNOUNCED THAT PETER STOOD BEFORE THE GATE. 1. She recognized Peter's voice. This is the middl...
"Because of her joy she did not open the gate" This is both humorous and true to life. She is so excited that she forgets to let Peter in! "She is so eager to share the good news she feels that she fa...
12-19 God's providence leaves room for the use of our prudence, though he has undertaken to perform and perfect what he has begun. These Christians continued in prayer for Peter, for they were truly...
SHE OPENED NOT THE GATE FOR GLADNESS; as one from herself, not knowing what to do for gladness. Great and sudden passions have caused strange ecstasies, and death itself sometimes; the spirits in grie...
Acts 12:14 G2532 recognized G1921 (G5631) Peters G4074 voice G5456 because G575 gladness G5479 not G3756 open...
‘And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda, and when she knew Peter's voice, she did not open the gate for joy, but ran in, and told that Peter stood before the g...
JERUSALEM FINALLY REJECTS THE APOSTLES, KINGSHIP CEASES IN ISRAEL, AND THE WORD OF GOD GOES ON MULTIPLYING (12:1-24). The new centre for world evangelisation having been set up (unknowingly at the tim...
Acts 12:14. AND WHEN SHE KNEW PETER'S VOICE, SHE OPENED NOT THE GATE FOR GLADNESS. So eager was Rhoda, the servant, perhaps the slave, of Mary, to make the others assembled there that night partakers...
WHEN SHE KNEW (επιγνουσα). Second aorist (ingressive) active participle of επιγινωσκω, to know fully or in addition (επ), to recognize. She knew Peter and his voice from his frequent visits there.F...
CONTENTS: Persecutions of the church and arrest of Peter. Prayer for his deliverance and his miraculous release Death of Herod. CHARACTERS: Jesus, Herod, James, Peter, 2 soldiers, angel, Mary, Mark,...
Acts 12:1. _About that time,_ when the word of the Lord prevailed so remarkably in Antioch and the northern provinces, and when Paul and Barnabas had brought alms to Jerusalem, as in Acts 12:25, _Hero...
A SERVANT GIRL NAMED RHODA. This was at night, and they were Christians. The one at the door could be either friend or enemy, as far as they knew. SHE RECOGNIZED PETER'S VOICE. She is so happy she run...
_And when he had considered the thing, he came to the house of Mary the mother of John, whose surname was Mark._ JOHN MARK 1. Two names are here, one Jewish, the other Roman; the latter adopted at f...
_Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the Church._ HEROD THE KING The previous life of this prince had been full of strange vicissitudes. The son of Aristobu...
_CRITICAL REMARKS_ Acts 12:1. ABOUT THAT TIME (compare Acts 19:23).—_I.e._, before, or about the time of, the arrival of Barnabas and Saul at Jerusalem (Acts 11:30). The incidents recorded in this cha...
EXPOSITION ACTS 12:1 _Put _for _stretched, _A.V.;_ afflict _for _vex, _A.V. The phrase, ABOUT THAT TIME, as in Acts 19:23, points to what had just before been related (Meyer). The interposition of th...
Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Acts 12. Now about that time Herod the king stretched forth his hands to vex certain of the church (Acts 12:1). There are just a lot of Herods in the Bible and it i...
Luke 24:41; Matthew 28:8...
She knew. Or recognized....
And knowing Peter's voice — Bidding her open the door....