Acts 9:25 BSB — MannaFest

Acts 9:25

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

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ASV

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

KJV

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

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.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Took him by night ... - This was done through a window in the wall, 2Co 11:33. In a basket - This word is used to denote commonly “the basket in which food was carried,” Mat 15:37; Mar 8:8, Mar 8:20. It was in this way that Rahab let down the spies Jos 2:15, and so David escaped from Saul, 1Sa 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.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Then the disciples . . . by night let him down--"through a window" (2Co 11:33). by the wall--Such overhanging windows in the walls of Eastern cities were common, and are to be seen in Damascus to this day.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
λαβόντες	labontes	having taken	G2983 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
οἱ	hoi	the	G3588 →
μαθηταὶ	mathētai	disciples	G3101 →
αὐτοῦ	autou	of him	G846 →
νυκτὸς	nuktos	by night	G3571 →
διὰ	dia	through	G1223 →
τοῦ	tou	the	G3588 →
τείχους	teichous	wall	G5038 →
καθῆκαν	kathēkan	they let down	G2524 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
χαλάσαντες	chalasantes	having lowered [him]	G5465 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
σπυρίδι.¶	spuridi	a basket.	G4711 →

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Through
Joshua 2:15
Then Rahab let them down by a rope through the window, since the house where she lived was built into the wall of the city.
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 11:33
  But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
- 1 Samuel 19:12–17
  So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.
- Joshua 6:20
  So when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into…
Through
2 Corinthians 11:33
But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.
leads to
- Joshua 2:18
  unless, when we enter the land, you have tied this scarlet cord in the window through which you let us down, and unless you have brought your father and mother and brothers and all…
- 1 Samuel 19:12
  So Michal lowered David from the window, and he ran away and escaped.

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The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Acts