2 CORINTHIANS 11:32 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:”
In Damascus the governor under Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands — the *final image*: Paul, the great apostle, *chaleuó*, lowered in a *saránē*, basket, like a *merchant's goods*, through a *window*. *Escape via basket* is the *humiliating inverse* of all *worldly glory*. It is *apostolic triumph*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 11:32
“The God and Father of the Lord Jesus knows that I lie not. The Governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to apprehend me.” What can be the reason that he here strongly confirms and gives assurance of [his truth], seeing he did not so in respect to any of the former things? Because, perhaps, this was of older date and not so well known ; while of those other facts, his care for the churches, and all the rest, they were themselves cognisant.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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