2 Corinthians 11:32
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that show my weakness.
31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
33 But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
- KJV
- In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
- WEB
- In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
- ASV
- In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
- DARBY
- In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
- BLB
- In Damascus the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me.
- ÅB
- I Damaskus holdt kong Aretas' landshøvding vakt om damaskenernes by for å gripe meg,
- OTB
- I Damaskus voktet guvernøren under kong Aretas byen Damaskenerne for å fange meg,
- B1930
- I Damaskus holdt kong Aretas' landshøvding vakt om damaskenernes by for å gripe mig,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Acts 9:24–25
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:26
In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,
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