The interpretation timeline

Acts 12:14

How this passage has been read — the sources, oldest to newest.

From the early Church Fathers to now.

1 Orthodox · 1 Reformed

Acts 12:14 · Douay-Rheims
“And as soon as she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for joy, but running in she told that Peter stood before the gate.”
Scholastic c. 1100 – 1500
1126
A.D.
c. 1055–1107
“Notice the reverence of the servant girl: "from joy," it says, "she did not open." But this turned out beautifully, for otherwise the rest, astonished by his unexpected appearance, would perhaps not have believed that it was he, since even as it was they did not want to believe.”
745 years pass — nothing from this stretch is hosted yet
Post-Reformation c. 1650 – 1900
1871
A.D.
Modern · 1953 →

The in-app commentary runs from the Fathers to the early-modern record, then stops — that's where the public-domain sources end, not where the reading does. For the modern reading, follow the sources directly.