<p>12:16 <em>But Peter continued knocking</em>- Strikingly similar to the appeal to keep on knocking so that the door will be opened (Lk. 11:9,10). The figure of knocking is also used about the Lord Jesus knocking on the door of His church (Lk. 12:36; Rev. 3:20). And thus faithful Peter was to be understood as representative of the risen Lord Jesus, as we have pointed out earlier in this exposition.</p><p><i>And when they had opened, they saw him and were amazed</i>- The strength of the Greek word reflects upon their lack of faith in the prayers they had just been offering. The word is translated &quot;mad&quot; in Mk. 3:21 and 2 Cor. 5:13. The obvious inversion of ideas is in the fact that they had just accused Rhoda of being mad (:15). It was they who were, as it were, mad. And again, Luke is bringing out the similarities with the Lord's resurrection; for the same group of male disciples were &quot;amazed&quot; (s.w.) by the testimony of the women who had met the risen Lord (Lk. 24:22).</p>