Rhoda

When was Rhoda active?

Rhoda is dated fl. c. 44 (death unrecorded) in the archive, which places Rhoda in the Apostolic Age (AD 4–70). The dating is traditional and approximate; the archive marks it as uncertain rather than fixing a year the sources do not give.

Which early sources mention Rhoda?

Rhoda is named in 2 primary-source passages catalogued here, drawn from Luke and John Chrysostom. Every passage is quoted from a named public-domain translation, earliest first.

Where was Rhoda from?

The archive associates Rhoda with Jerusalem.

Who were Rhoda’s contemporaries?

The archive links Rhoda to 2 other figures, including Mary, Mother of John Mark and Simon Peter. Each connection is drawn from a source that places them together, not from inference.

And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.

“And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda. And when she knew Peter’s voice, she opened not the gate for gladness” — mark even the servant-girls, how full of piety they are — “but ran in, and told how Peter stood before the gate.” … And mark how the very servant-girls were henceforth upon an equality with them. … just as we are wont to do, she was eager to be herself the bringer of the good tidings, for good news it was indeed. “And they said unto her, Thou art mad: but she constantly affirmed that it was even so: then said they, It is his Angel.”