KJVIn 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 the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
2 Corinthians — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1. Would that ye did bear with me. As he saw that the ears of the Corinthians were still in part pre-engaged, he has recourse to another contrivance, for he turns to express a wish, as persons do when they do not venture openly to entreat. Immediately afterwards, however, as…