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Acts 12:15
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"You're crazy!" everyone said. But when she was adamant, they said, "It must be Pete's angel with a message."
They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, "It is his angel."
And they said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, "It is his angel."
And they said to her, You are off your head. But still she said, with decision, that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she maintained that it was so. And they said, It is his angel.
But they said to her, "You are beside yourself!" Yet she kept insisting that it was so. So they said, "It is his angel."
"You're crazy!" they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true. Then they said, "It's his angel!"
They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
And they said to her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed, it was so. Then they said, It is his angel.
"You are mad," they said. But she strenuously maintained that it was true. "It is his guardian angel," they said.
And they said vnto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was euen so. Then said they, It it his Angel.
But they said to her, You are raving. But she insisted, holding it to be so. And they said, It is his angel.
But they sayde vnto her: Thou art mad. Neuertheles she abode by it, that is was so. They sayde: it is his angell.
are you mad? said they. but she persisting that it was even so, they reply'd, it is then his angel.
But they wouldn't believe her, dismissing her, dismissing her report. "You're crazy," they said. She stuck by her story, insisting. They still wouldn't believe her and said, "It must be his angel." All this time poor Peter was standing out in the street, knocking away. Finally they opened up and saw him—and went wild! Peter put his hands up and calmed them down. He described how the Master had gotten him out of jail, then said, "Tell James and the brothers what's happened." He left them and went off to another place. At daybreak the jail was in an uproar. "Where is Peter? What's happened to Peter?" When Herod sent for him and they could neither produce him nor explain why not, he ordered their execution: "Off with their heads!" Fed up with Judea and Jews, he went for a vacation to Caesarea. But things went from bad to worse for Herod. Now people from Tyre and Sidon put him on the warpath. But they got Blastus, King Herod's right-hand man, to put in a good word for them and got a delegation together to iron things out. Because they were dependent on Judea for food supplies, they couldn't afford to let this go on too long. On the day set for their meeting, Herod, robed in pomposity, took his place on the throne and regaled them with a lot of hot air. The people played their part to the hilt and shouted flatteries: "The voice of God! The voice of God!" That was the last straw. God had had enough of Herod's arrogance and sent an angel to strike him down. Herod had given God no credit for anything. Down he went. Rotten to the core, a maggoty old man if there ever was one, he died. Meanwhile, the ministry of God's Word grew by leaps and bounds. Barnabas and Saul, once they had delivered the relief offering to the church in Jerusalem, went back to Antioch. This time they took John with them, the one they called Mark.
They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They kept saying, "It is his angel!"
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
They said to her, "You are mad." But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel!"
And they sayde vnto her: thou arte mad. And she bare them doune yt it was even so. Then sayde they: it is his angell.
And they said to her, You are insane. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
And they said to her, Thou art insane. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then they said, It is his angel.
and they said unto her, `Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming [it] to be so, and they said, `It is his messenger;'
They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she kept on saying it was true, so they said, "It must be Peter's angel."
But they said to her, "You've lost your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was Peter, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"
"You are crazy!" everyone told her. But she kept saying that it was Peter. Then they said, "It must be his angel."
"You're out of your mind!" they said to her. But she insisted it was true. So they said, "It is his angel."
They said to her, "You are out of your mind." But she kept insisting that it was so, and they kept saying, "It is his angel!"
But they said vnto her, Thou art mad. Yet she affirmed it constantly, that it was so. Then said they, It is his Angel.
They said to her, You are confused. But she argued that it was so. Then said they, Perhaps it is his angel.
They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
They said to her, "You're out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. Then they said, "It's his angel."Genesis 48:16; Matthew 18:10;">[xr]
And they said to her, Thou art altogether moved. And she contended that it was so. And they said, It may be that it is his angel.
They said to her: Thou art delirious. But she maintained that it was a fact. They said to her: Perhaps it is his ghost.
"You're out of your mind!" they said. When she insisted, they decided, "It must be his angel."
They said to her, "You are crazy." But she said again that it was so. They kept saying, "It is his angel."
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said, It is his angel.
They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
She, however, kept on strongly declaring that, so, it was. But, they, were saying - It is his, messenger.
But they said to her: Thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was so. Then said they: It is his angel.
And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
But they said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting it was so. And they kept saying, "It is his angel!"
And they sayde vnto her: thou art mad. But she affirmed that it was euen so. Then sayde they: it is his Angel.
The believers said to her, "You are crazy!" But she continued to say that it was true. So they said, "It must be Peter's angel."
They said to her, "You are out of your mind!" But she kept insisting that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
"You are crazy!" they told her. But she insisted that it was true. So they answered, "It is his angel."
And thei seiden `to hir, Thou maddist. But sche affermyde, that it was so. And thei seiden, It is his aungel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Thou: Acts 26:24, Job 9:16, Mark 16:11, Mark 16:14, Luke 24:11
It is: Genesis 48:16, Matthew 18:10, Luke 24:37, Luke 24:38
Reciprocal: Proverbs 21:28 - the man Matthew 14:26 - they were Titus 3:8 - that thou
Cross-References
I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, so that you will be a blessing.
So Abram departed, as the LORD had directed him, and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he left Haran.
And Abram took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, and all the possessions and people they had acquired in Haran, and set out for the land of Canaan. When they came to the land of Canaan,
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She is my sister." So Abimelech king of Gerar had Sarah brought to him.
Pharaoh was angry with his two officers, the chief cupbearer and the chief baker,
After two full years had passed, Pharaoh had a dream: He was standing beside the Nile,
Soon the daughter of Pharaoh went down to bathe in the Nile, and her attendants were walking along the riverbank. And when she saw the basket among the reeds, she sent her maidservant to retrieve it.
When Pharaoh heard about this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from Pharaoh and settled in the land of Midian, where he sat down beside a well.
Later, Solomon formed an alliance with Pharaoh king of Egypt by marrying his daughter. Solomon brought her to the City of David until he had finished building his palace and the house of the LORD, as well as the wall around Jerusalem.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And they said unto her, thou art mad, c. "Or art thou not mad?" as the Ethiopic version, and two of Beza's exemplars read, and some others: they thought the girl must be out of her senses they looked upon the thing impossible; for though they were praying for him, and praying in faith, yet they might have no expectation of a deliverance; but were praying that they might be supported under such a trial, and that it might be sanctified to them; and for Peter, that he might be strengthened and made steadfast, and kept faithful to the last; and bear, by his sufferings and death, a glorious and honourable testimony for Christ:
but she constantly affirmed that it was even so; she asserted it over and over, and was positive in it; nothing they could say could put her off of it; she was sure of it; which when they observed, they could not tell what to say to it, but as follows: then said they,
it is his angel; not his tutelar or guardian angel, everyone having, as some think, a particular angel to attend him; whereas sometimes one angel attends many persons, and sometimes many angels encamp about, and are a guard to a single saint; nor did they think it was an angel sent to give notice of his death, as some persons, by one means or another, have had previous notices of the death of their friends; but rather, that it was an angel in Peter's shape, who had something to communicate: and this agrees with the notions of the Jews, who think that angels do assume the shapes of men on certain occasions: so they say i, when Moses was in danger in Pharaoh's court, God sent Michael, the prince of the host of heaven, "in the shape of an executioner"; who brought him at once out of Egypt, and set him at the border of it, the distance of three days journey: Bar Kaphra says k, an angel descended בדמות משה, "in the likeness of Moses", and caused him to flee, and they thought the angel had been Moses: and so it is elsewhere said l, that an angel descended "in the likeness of Solomon", sitting upon his throne: there are some who think, that the sense of the brethren praying for Peter, was not that it was an angel, a celestial spirit, but a messenger sent by Peter from the prison on some errand: who represented him, or mentioning his name, the damsel took him for Peter himself. Beza's ancient copy reads, "then said they unto her, perhaps it is his angel", and so the Syriac version.
i Chronicon Mosis, fol. 6. 1. k Debarim Rabba, sect. 2. fol. 237. 1. l Midrash Kohelet, fol. 64. 4.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Thou art mad - Thou art insane. They seemed to have regarded his rescue as so difficult and so hopeless, that they deemed it proof of derangement that she now affirmed it. And yet this was the very thing for which they had been so earnestly praying. When it was now announced to them that the object of their prayers was granted, they deemed the messenger that announced it insane. Christians are often surprised even when their prayers are answered. They are overwhelmed and amazed at the success of their own petitions, and are slow to believe that the very thing for which they have sought could be granted. It shows, perhaps, with how little faith, after all, they pray, and how slow they are to believe that God can hear and answer prayer. In a revival of religion in answer to prayer, Christians are often overwhelmed and astonished when even their own petitions are granted, and when God manifests his own power in his own way and time. Prayer should be persevered in, and we should place ourselves in a waiting posture to catch the first indications that God has heard us.
But she constantly affirmed - She insisted on it. How much better it would have been to have hastened at once to the gate, than thus to have engaged in a controversy on the subject. Peter was suffered to remain knocking while they debated the matter. Christians are often engaged in some unprofitable controversy when they should hasten to catch the first tokens of divine favor, and open their arms to welcome the proofs that God has heard their prayers.
Then said they - Still resolved not to be convinced.
It is his angel - Any way of accounting for it rather than to admit the simple fact, or to ascertain the simple truth. All this was caused by the little hope which they had of his release, and their earnest desire that it should be so. It was just such a state of mind as is indicated when we say, “The news is too good to e believed.” The expression “It is his angel” may mean that they supposed that the “tutelary guardian,” or angel appointed to attend Peter, had come to announce something respecting him, and that he had assumed the voice and form of Peter in order to make them certain that he came from him. This notion arose from the common belief of the Jews that each individual had assigned to him, at birth, a celestial spirit, whose office it was to guard and defend him through life. See the notes on Matthew 18:10. That the Jews entertained this opinion is clear from their writings. See Kuinoel. Lightfoot thinks that they who were assembled supposed that the angel had assumed the voice and manner of Peter in order to intimate to them that he was about to die, and to excite them to earnest prayer that he might die with constancy and firmness. Whatever their opinions were, however, it proves nothing on these points. There is no evidence that they were inspired in these opinions, nor are their notions countenanced by the Scriptures. They were the mere common traditions of the Jews, and prove nothing in regard to the truth of the opinion one way or the other.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 12:15. It is his angel. — It was a common opinion among the Jews that every man has a guardian angel, and in the popish Church it is an article of faith. The Jews also believed that angels often assumed the likeness of particular persons. They have many stories of the appearance of Elijah in the likeness of different rabbins. As αγγελος signifies in general a messenger, whether Divine or human, some have thought that the angel or messenger here means a servant or person which the disciples supposed was sent from Peter to announce something of importance to the brethren: it was also an opinion among the Jews, even in the time of the apostles, as appears from Philo, that the departed souls of good men officiated as ministering angels; and it is possible that the disciples at Mary's house might suppose that Peter had been murdered in the prison; and that his spirit was now come to announce this event, or give some particular warning to the Church.
