2 Corinthians 11:32
30 If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
31 The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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 their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
Read in context2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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