<p>12:14 <em>And when she recognised Peter's voice</em>- The similarities with Peter's betrayal of the Lord are clear. Again, he is standing at a gate; and again, a servant girl recognizes his voice without clearly seeing him. And she &quot;told everyone&quot; that it was Peter. The parallels are such that we wonder whether Rhoda was in fact the servant girl who recognized Peter by his voice in the High Priest's courtyard. In this case, we have yet another wonderful example of how the Lord works through human weakness and betrayal of His Son; for through that whole shameful incident, that young woman was brought to faith in Christ, as she witnessed the amazing repentance of Peter. It was his weakness and the way he dealt with it which persuaded thousands on the day of Pentecost; and perhaps amongst them was a young Gentile servant girl called Rhoda.</p><p><i>She did not open the gate, but in joy ran inside</i>- Another connection with how 'mad' Mary ran to the same disciples with joy that the Lord had been delivered. The similarities are such that we can conclude that this repetition of circumstance was in order to test the disciples; and again they failed, as we do so often.</p><p><em>And told everyone</em>- The language of the great commission, about telling everyone the good news of the Lord's deliverance from the gates of death.</p><p><em>That Peter stood before the gate</em>- The language of the risen Lord standing before the door, about to return, if His followers believed in Him enough (James 5:9).</p>