He knocked at the outer gate, and a servant girl named Rhoda came to answer it.
We have here an account of Peter's deliverance out of prison, by which the design of Herod against him was defeated, and his life preserved for further service, and a stop given to this bloody torrent. Now, I. One thing that magnified his deliverance was that it was a signal answer to prayer (Act 12:5): Peter was kept in prison with a great deal of...
Commenting on Acts 12:5-19
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 "the door", and "the gate"; see Jdg 18:16 where the Septuagint use the same words as here.
Verse 13. 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. . A damsel. A girl. Came to hearken. To hear who was there. Named Rhoda. This is a Greek name signifying a rose.