Acts 12:13

Weymouth New Testament

When he knocked at the wicket in the door, a maidservant named Rhoda came to answer the knock;

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He knocked at the door of the outer gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.

King James Version (1611)
And as Peter knocked at the doore of the gate, a damosell came to hearken, named Rhoda.

King James Version
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

English Standard Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer.

New American Standard Bible
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a slave woman named Rhoda came to answer.

New Century Version
Peter knocked on the outside door, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Amplified Bible
When he knocked at the door of the gateway, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
When he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

Legacy Standard Bible
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer.

Berean Standard Bible
He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Contemporary English Version
Peter knocked on the gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.

Complete Jewish Bible
He knocked at the outside door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer.

Darby Translation
And when he had knocked at the door of the entry, a maid came to listen, by name Rhoda;

Easy-to-Read Version
Peter knocked on the outside door. A servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And when Peter knocked at the entrie doore, a maide came foorth to hearken, named Rhode,

George Lamsa Translation
When he knocked at the door of the courtyard, a little girl named Rhoda came out to answer.

Good News Translation
Peter knocked at the outside door, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer it.

Lexham English Bible
And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a female slave named Rhoda came up to answer.

Literal Translation
And Peter was knocking at the door of the porch, and a servant girl named Rhoda came near to listen.

American Standard Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.

Bible in Basic English
And he gave a blow on the door, and a young girl came to it, named Rhoda.

Hebrew Names Version
When Kefa knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

International Standard Version
When he knocked at the outer gate, a servant-girl named Rhoda came to answer it.

Etheridge Translation
And he knocked at the gate of the court, and there came forth to answer him a damsel whose name was Roda.

Murdock Translation
And he knocked at the gate of the court; and a maid named Rhoda came to reply to him.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
As Peter knocked at the entrie doore, a damsell came foorth to hearken, named Rhoda.

English Revised Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a maid came to answer, named Rhoda.

World English Bible
When Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And as he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne he knockid at the dore of the yate, a damysel, Rode bi name, cam forth to se.

Update Bible Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a female slave came to answer, named Rhoda.

Webster's Bible Translation
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.

New English Translation
When he knocked at the door of the outer gate, a slave girl named Rhoda answered.

New King James Version
And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a girl named Rhoda came to answer.

New Living Translation
He knocked at the door in the gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to open it.

New Life Bible
When Peter knocked at the gate, a girl named Rhoda went to see who it was.

New Revised Standard
When he knocked at the outer gate, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, when he had knocked at the door of the porch, there came unto it a maiden to hearken, by name Rhoda;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when he knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken. whose name was Rhode.

Revised Standard Version
And when he knocked at the door of the gateway, a maid named Rhoda came to answer.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
As Peter knocked at the entry dore a damsell cam forth to herken named Rhoda.

Young's Literal Translation
And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
As Peter knocked at the entry dore, there came forth a damsell to herken, named Rhoda.

Mace New Testament (1729)
when he had knock'd at the door of the gate, a servant named Rhoda came to ask who was there.

Simplified Cowboy Version
He knocked on the door. A servant girl named Rhoda asked who was there.

Contextual Overview

⁵ So Peter was kept in prison; but long and fervent prayer was offered to God by the Church on his behalf. ⁶ Now when Herod was on the point of taking him out of prison, that very night Peter was asleep between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and guards were on duty outside the door. ⁷ Suddenly an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell; and, striking Peter on the side, he woke him and said, "Rise quickly." Instantly the chains dropped off his wrists. ⁸ "Fasten your girdle," said the angel, "and tie on your sandals." He did so. Then the angel said, "Throw your cloak round you, and follow me." ⁹ So Peter went out, following him, yet could not believe that what the angel was doing was real, but supposed that he saw a vision. ¹⁰ And passing through the first ward and the second, they came to the iron gate leading into the city. This opened to them of itself; and, going out, they passed on through one of the streets, and then suddenly the angel left him. ¹¹ Peter coming to himself said, "Now I know for certain that the Lord has sent His angel and has rescued me from the power of Herod and from all that the Jewish people were anticipating." ¹² So, after thinking things over, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John surnamed Mark, where a large number of people were assembled, praying. ¹³ When he knocked at the wicket in the door, a maidservant named Rhoda came to answer the knock; ¹⁴ and recognizing Peter's voice, for very joy she did not open the door, but ran in and told them that Peter was standing there.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

knocked: Acts 12:16, Luke 13:25

hearken: or, ask who was there

Reciprocal: Daniel 3:24 - astonied Acts 20:16 - had

Cross-References

John 8:44
The father whose sons you are is the Devil; and you desire to do what gives him pleasure. *He* was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth--for there is no truth in him. Whenever he utters his lie, he utters it out of his own store; for he is a liar, and the father of lies.

Romans 6:23
For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Colossians 3:6
It is on account of these very sins that God's anger is coming,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, c. The lesser door in the great gate, or the door of the porch through which they entered into the house. So the Jews distinguish between

פתח, "the door", and שער, "the gate" see Judges 18:16 where the Septuagint use the same words as here. Kimchi h says,

"xtp, "the door" is what is of the gate, without the folding doors; for all is called שער, "the gate", whether within or without, with the folding doors, and the outward threshold, as that is joined to the side posts and lintel.''

The door was kept shut, for fear of the Jews, lest they should be disturbed: here Peter stood and knocked:

a damsel came to hearken; hearing a knocking, she came out to the door, and listened, to try if she could know who it was, a friend or a foe, before she opened; or she came "to answer", as the Syriac version renders it, to know who was there, and what he or she wanted, and to give an answer. And the damsel was

named Rhoda, which signifies a rose in the Greek language: so the Jewish women often had their names, in the Hebrew tongue, from flowers and trees, as Susanna from a lily, or rose: and which, perhaps, was the Hebrew name of this damsel; and Esther was called Hadassah, from the myrtle tree.

h Sepher Shorash. rad. פתח

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

At the door of the gate - Rather the door of the vestibule, or principal entrance into the house. The house was entered through such a porch or vestibule, and it was the door opening into this which is here intended. See the notes on Matthew 9:2.

A damsel - A girl.

Came to hearken - To hear who was there.

Named Rhoda - This is a Greek name signifying a rose. It was not unusual for the Hebrews to give the names of flowers, etc., to their daughters. Thus, Susanna, a lily; Hadessa, a myrtle; Tamar, a palm-tree, etc. (Grotius).

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Acts 12:13. As Peter knocked — The door was probably shut for fear of the Jews; and, as most of the houses in the east have an area before the door, it might have been at this outer gate that Peter stood knocking.

A damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. — She came to inquire who was there. Rhoda signifies a rose; and it appears to have been customary with he Jews, as Grotius and others remark, to give the names of flowers and trees to their daughters: thus Susannah signifies a lily, Hadassah, a myrtle, Tamar, a palm tree, &c., &c.