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2 Corinthians 11:32 KJV
2 Corinthians · chapter 11 · verse 32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:2 Corinthians 11:32 · King James Version
2 Corinthians 11:32 in context
30If I must needs glory, I will glory of the things which concern mine infirmities.
31The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not.
32In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- apprehendpiazōto lay hold of, to take, capture, of fishes, to apprehend, of a man, in order to imprison…G4084 →
- DamascusdamaskosDamascus = " silent is the sackcloth weaver" , one of the most ancient and most…G1154 →
- desirousthelōto will, have in mind, intend, to be resolved or determined, to purpose, to desire, to…G2309 →
- kingbasileusleader of the people, prince, commander, lord of the land, kingG935 →
- keptphroureōto guard, protect by a military guard, either to prevent hostile invasion, or to keep the…G5432 →
- citypolisa city, one s native city, the city in which one lives, the heavenly Jerusalem, the abode…G4172 →
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Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ), and wherein he excelled the false apostles, who would lessen his character and usefulness among the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-33