11. Then Peter recovered his senses and said, “Now I know for certain that [the] Lord sent his angel and rescued me from the hand of Herod and from all that the Jewish people had been expecting.”
12. When he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who is called Mark, where there were many people gathered in prayer.
13. When he knocked on the gateway door, a maid named Rhoda came to answer it.
14. She was so overjoyed when she recognized Peter’s voice that, instead of opening the gate, she ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the gate.
15. They told her, “You are out of your mind,” but she insisted that it was so. But they kept saying, “It is his angel.”
16. But Peter continued to knock, and when they opened it, they saw him and were astounded.
17. He motioned to them with his hand to be quiet and explained [to them] how the Lord had led him out of the prison, and said, “Report this to James and the brothers.” Then he left and went to another place.