2 Corinthians 11:33

but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and so escaped his hands.

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And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

In Context

32When I was in Damascus, the Governor under King Aretas had the gates of that city guarded, so as to arrest me,

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Cross References

Joshua 2:18unless, when we enter the country, you tie this cord of scarlet thread outside the window through which you let us down. You must gather your father and mother and brothers and all your family inside your house.

Acts 9:25but his disciples let him down by night through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:23-33

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. ( a. d. 57.) 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; 26 In journeyings often, in… Read the whole commentary →

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