Acts 12:13. And as Peter knocked. Peter's knock startled and alarmed the anxious, troubled assembly. It suggested fresh arrests and new cares and anxieties.

At the door of the gate. The door was most probably that small outer door by which one entered through the large gate from the street into the court or area where the house was.

A damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda or, as we should render the Greek name, ‘Rose.' The names of plants and flowers were favourite names for the daughters of Israel. So Susannah signifies ‘a lily,' Esther ‘a myrtle,' Tamar ‘a palm.'

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Old Testament