2 Corinthians
King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 11:32
“In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:”
King James Version (KJV)
2 Corinthians 11:32 Context
29Who is weak, and I am not weak? who is offended, and I burn not? 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.
"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 KJV Similar Verses Save
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Translation Details for 2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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Bible Commentary for 2 Corinthians 11:32
Wesley's Notes for 2 Corinthians 11:32
11:32 The governor under Aretas - King of Arabia and Syria of which Damascus was a chief city, willing to oblige the Jews, kept the city - Setting guards at all the gates day and night.
People's Bible Notes for 2 Corinthians 11:32
2Co 11:32 In Damascus. This seems to be cited to show that the very beginning of his Christian career was amid peril. See Ac 9:23-25. The governor under Aretas the king. Aretas was king of Petra, and the father-in-law of Herod Antipas. Damascus was usually, at these times, under Roman rule. Aretas engaged in war with Herod because he sent off his daughter and took Herodias for a wife. He defeated Herod and became embroiled with the Romans. It is likely that in the contest Damascus fell into his hands for a time. The language, Kept the city . . . with a garrison, shows that it was war times. The Jews, who were very strong in Damascus, doubtless induced the governor to try to seize Paul.
In Damascus the gouernour vnder Aretas the King, kept the citie with a garison, desirous to apprehend mee.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,
- New American Standard Version (1995)
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
- American Standard Version (1901)
In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:
- Basic English Bible
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes shut up, wishing to take me;
- Darby Bible
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
- Webster's Bible
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,
- Weymouth Bible
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes desiring to arrest me.
- World English Bible
The preuost of Damask, of the kyng of the folk Arethe, kepte the citee of Damascenes to take me;
- Wycliffe Bible
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
- Youngs Literal Bible