Matthew Poole and continuators on Acts 12:15

15 And they said unto her, Thou art mad. But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Then said they, It is his angel.

Thou speakest thou knowest not what; thinking her, out of fear to have been discomposed in her mind.

Some have thought, that by Peters Angel, no other was meant than some▪ Messenger from Peter, which they might expect from him in such a case as he was in; now tho [non-Latin text not transcribed], (the word here) signifies a Messenger or an Angel, indifferently; yet how could Rhoda then know it to have been Peters voice? A messengers voice being no more like his that s[illegible: 1 letter]nt him, than another mans. They did probably mean, some Angel that had assumed Peters shape, and imitated his voice: And the Iews having had a constant opinion, that at least every good man hath a guardian Angel which God appoints to him for a means of his preservation; might be apt to imagine, that this was that Angel whose charge St. Peter was, Matth. 18▪ [illegible: 2 letters]. tho that Angel spoken of, Gen. 48.16. most probably was the Angel of the New Covenant, and not a created Angel, being Iacob blesseth in his name; yet the opinion of tutelar Angels, tho not certain or needful, is to this day thought probable.