12 As soon as he realized this, he went to the house of Mary, the mother of John who was called Mark,c where many had assembled and were praying. 13 He knocked at the door of the outer gate, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer. 14 She recognized Peter’s voice, and because of her joy, she did not open the gate but ran in and announced that Peter was standing at the outer gate.

15 “You’re out of your mind!” they told her. But she kept insisting that it was true, and they said, “It’s his angel.”d 16 Peter, however, kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were amazed.

17 Motioning to them with his hande to be silent, he described to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. “Tell these things to Jamesf and the brothers,” he said, and he left and went to another place.