Acts 12:15
ContextNETBible | But they said to her, “You’ve lost your mind!” 1 But she kept insisting that it was Peter, 2 and they kept saying, 3 “It is his angel!” 4 |
XREF | Ge 48:16; Job 9:16; Mt 18:10; Mr 16:11,14; Lu 24:11; Lu 24:37,38; Ac 26:24 |
NET © Notes |
1 sn “You’ve lost your mind!” Such a response to the miraculous is not unusual in Luke-Acts. See Luke 24:11; Acts 26:25. The term μαίνομαι (mainomai) can have the idea of being “raving mad” or “totally irrational” (BDAG 610 s.v.). It is a strong expression. 2 tn Grk “she kept insisting that the situation was thus” (cf. BDAG 422 s.v. ἔχω 10.a). Most translations supply a less awkward English phrase like “it was so”; the force of her insistence, however, is that “it was Peter,” which was the point under dispute. 3 tn The two imperfect tense verbs, διϊσχυρίζετο (diiscurizeto) and ἔλεγον (elegon), are both taken iteratively. The picture is thus virtually a shouting match between Rhoda and the rest of the believers. 4 sn The assumption made by those inside, “It is his angel,” seems to allude to the idea of an attending angel (cf. Gen 48:16 LXX; Matt 18:10; Test. Jacob 1:10). |