World English Bible
Acts 12:16
“But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.”
Verse in context — Acts 12
14
When she recognized Peter's voice, she didn't open the gate for joy, but ran in, and reported that Peter was standing in front of the gate.
15
They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel.
16
But Peter continued knocking. When they had opened, they saw him, and were amazed.
17
But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
18
Now as soon as it was day, there was no small stir among the soldiers about what had become of Peter.
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