the Week of Proper 9 / Ordinary 14
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Acts 9:25
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but his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the wall.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.
One night some followers of Saul helped him leave the city by lowering him in a basket through an opening in the city wall.
but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a large basket.
One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
Then one night his followers let him down over the city wall in a large basket.
but under cover of night, his talmidim took him and let him down over the city wall, lowering him in a large basket.
but the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
One night some followers that Saul had taught helped him leave the city. They put him in a basket and lowered it down through a hole in the city wall.
Then the disciples tooke him by night, and put him through the wall, and let him downe by a rope in a basket.
Then the disciples placed him in a basket and let him down over the wall during the night.
But one night Saul's followers took him and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
But his disciples took him at night and let him down through the wall by lowering him in a basket.
But taking him by night, the disciples let him down through the wall, lowering in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.
but his talmidim took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
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Then the disciples set him in a pannier, and dismissed him from the wall by night.
Then the disciples placed him in a basket, and let him down from the wall by night.
Then the disciples toke him by night, and put hym through the wall, and let hym downe in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Then the disciples, taking him by night, let him down by the wall in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a hamper.
But hise disciplis token hym bi nyyt, and delyuereden hym, and leeten him doun in a leep bi the wal.
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Then the disciples took him by night, and let [him] down by the wall in a basket.
But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket.
Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.
So during the night, some of the other believers lowered him in a large basket through an opening in the city wall.
So the followers helped him get away at night. They let him down over the wall in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
But the disciples, taking him by night, through the wall, let him down, lowering him in a basket.
But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.
but his disciples took him by night and let him down over the wall, lowering him in a basket.
Then ye disciples toke him by night and put him thorow the wall and let him doune in a basket.
and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.
Then the disciples toke him by nighte, & put him thorow the wall, and let him downe in a baskett.
the disciples took him by night, and let him down the wall in a basket.
Some guys who rode for the brand helped Saul out of the city by lowering him in a basket over the wall.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the disciples: Maundrell states that after visiting the place of vision, "about half a mile distant from the city eastward," they returned to the city, and "were shown the gate where St. Paul was let down in a basket. This gate is at present walled up, by reason of its vicinity to the east gate, which renders it of little use."
let: Joshua 2:15, 1 Samuel 19:11, 1 Samuel 19:12, 2 Corinthians 11:33
Reciprocal: Matthew 10:23 - when Acts 9:30 - when Acts 17:10 - the brethren Acts 17:14 - then 2 Corinthians 11:32 - Damascus
Cross-References
And the LORD God said vnto the Serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattel, and aboue euery beast of the field: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate, all the dayes of thy life.
And now art thou cursed from the earth, which hath opened her mouth to receiue thy brothers blood from thy hand.
And you, be ye fruitfull, and multiply, bring foorth aboundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;
And Noah began to bee an husbandman, and he planted a vineyard.
And he dranke of the wine, and was drunken, and hee was vncouered within his tent.
And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakednesse of his father, and told his two brethren without.
And Noah liued after the flood, three hundred and fifty yeeres.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruell: I will diuide them in Iacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother: and all the people shall say, Amen.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Then the disciples took him by night,.... The Alexandrian copy reads, "his disciples"; the disciples of Saul, such as he had been instrumental in making at Damascus: but it is not usual for the saints to be called in Scripture the disciples of any man; therefore the common reading is best, and designs the disciples and followers of Christ; who being concerned for the preservation of so valuable a life, took Saul in the night season,
and let him down by the wall in a basket. Damascus was a walled city; hence we read of the wall of Damascus, Jeremiah 49:27. And the house where Saul was, and which very likely was one of the disciples, was built upon the wall, as the house of Rahab was upon the town wall of Jericho; and as she let down the spies from thence by a cord through the window, Joshua 2:15 so the disciples let down Saul in a basket with cords through the window of the house, as appears from 2Co 11:33. Joshua 2:15- :: no doubt, the disciples were directed by the overruling providence of God, in order to preserve the life of the apostle, who had much work to do for Christ in several parts of the world, and therefore must not fall into the hands of his enemies and die, his time not being yet come; and this shows, that it is lawful to make use of all prudent means and proper methods to prevent the designs of wicked men, and escape out of their hands, and preserve life when in danger; by which means Saul escaped their hands.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Took him by night ... - This was done through a window in the wall, 2 Corinthians 11:33.
In a basket - This word is used to denote commonly “the basket in which food was carried,” Matthew 15:37; Mark 8:8, Mark 8:20. It was in this way that Rahab let down the spies Joshua 2:15, and so David escaped from Saul, 1 Samuel 19:12. Probably this occurred in an unguarded part of the wall, where some overhanging houses, as is usual in Eastern cities, opened into the outer country. This conduct of Saul was in accordance with the direction of the Lord Jesus Matthew 10:23, “When they persecute you in one city, flee ye into another,” etc. Saul was certain of death if he remained; and as he could secure his life by flight without abandoning any principle of religion, or denying his Lord, it was his duty to do so. Christianity requires us to sacrifice our lives only when we cannot avoid it without denying the Saviour, or abandoning the principles of our religion.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Acts 9:25. Let him down, by the wall — Favoured, probably, by a house built against or upon the wall, through the window of which they could lower him in a basket; and by this means he made his escape. His escape was something similar to that of the spies at Jericho, Joshua 2:15.
