<p>12:11 <i>And when Peter came to himself, he said:</i> <em>Now I know of a truth-</em> This Greek phrase, and the idea of 'knowing of a truth', is quite common in the Bible (Mt. 27:54; Mk. 15:39; Jn. 4:42; 6:14). The idea is that there are things we know, but experience brings us to know them of a truth. Job heard by the hearing of the ear, and then through his sufferings came to see it all for real as personal truth. This is why the knowledge of the Gospel learnt before baptism is merely knowledge; it is through the Lord's personal program for us in subsequent life, that that knowledge is known by us in truth. And we must be patient as others are led along that same path of converting mere ideas, theology, lines in a statement of faith, into personal truth. See on 12:12 <em>Considered</em>.</p><p><i>Now I know of a truth, that the Lord has sent his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod and from all that the Jews were expecting<em>-</em></i> Peter was delivered from prison as a result of the Angel being &ldquo;sent forth&rdquo;- from the court of Heaven, by the prayers of the other believers at their prayer meeting (Acts 12:11 RV). When those same believers commented: &ldquo;It is his Angel&rdquo; (:15) they were perhaps not mocking Rhoda; rather they were thanking God that Peter&rsquo;s guardian Angel had indeed been sent forth due to their prayers.&nbsp;See on :10 &quot;Passed on&quot;.</p>