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also, having considered, he came unto the house of Mary, the mother of John, who is surnamed Mark, where there were many thronged together and praying.
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And Peter having knocked at the door of the porch, there came a damsel to hearken, by name Rhoda,
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and having known the voice of Peter, from the joy she did not open the porch, but having run in, told of the standing of Peter before the porch,
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and they said unto her, `Thou art mad;' and she was confidently affirming [it] to be so, and they said, `It is his messenger;'
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and Peter was continuing knocking, and having opened, they saw him, and were astonished,
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and having beckoned to them with the hand to be silent, he declared to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison, and he said, `Declare to James and to the brethren these things;' and having gone forth, he went on to another place.
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And day having come, there was not a little stir among the soldiers what then was become of Peter,
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and Herod having sought for him, and not having found, having examined the guards, did command [them] to be led away to punishment, and having gone down from Judea to Cesarea, he was abiding [there].
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And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians, and with one accord they came unto him, and having made a friend of Blastus, who [is] over the bed-chambers of the king, they were asking peace, because of their country being nourished from the king's;
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and on a set day, Herod having arrayed himself in kingly apparel, and having sat down upon the tribunal, was making an oration unto them,
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and the populace were shouting, `The voice of a god, and not of a man;'