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## Acts 12:16 in Context (Verses 13–19 KJV)
 
 [13 ](/kjv/acts/12/13) And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
 
 [14 ](/kjv/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.
 
 [15 ](/kjv/acts/12/15) And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.
 
 [16 ](/kjv/acts/12/16) But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened *the door*, and saw him, they were astonished.
 
 [17 ](/kjv/acts/12/17) But he, beckoning unto them with the hand to hold their peace, declared unto them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. And he said, Go shew these things unto James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went into another place.
 
 [18 ](/kjv/acts/12/18) Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers, what was become of Peter.
 
 [19 ](/kjv/acts/12/19) And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that *they* should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to Cæsarea, and *there* abode.
 
[Acts 11](/kjv/acts/11) [Acts 13](/kjv/acts/13)

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