2 Corinthians 11:33

33 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

2 Corinthians 11:33 in Other Translations

33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

33 I had to be lowered in a basket through a window in the city wall to escape from him.

33 I crawled through a window in the wall, was let down in a basket, and had to run for my life.

33 so I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

2 Corinthians 11:33 Meaning and Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33

And through a window in a basket was I let down
The house in which he was, like Rahab's, was built upon the wall of the city, and as she let down the spies by a cord through the window, and as David was by Michal; so the apostle was let down by the brethren with cords, as Jeremiah was, ( Jeremiah 38:6 ) where the Septuagint use the same word as here, through a window; "which", as the Arabic version reads it, "was in the wall"; or he was let down by the wall side, "in a basket or net"; so (sarganh) , and (atgyro) , the word which the Syriac version here uses, signify and design a basket made of withs, wrought together in the form of network; frequent mention is made in the Jewish writings ^F5 of (twnwlxh twgyro) , "the networks and lattices of windows"; whether these were not taken off the window and put into a form like a basket, and in it the apostle let down by the brethren with the help of cords, may be inquired into: however, he

escaped his hands;
the governor's, and the Jews too who lay in wait for him. This deliverance he mentions with thankfulness to God, and as an instance of divine Providence in the preservation of him, for much usefulness to the church of Christ; the Vulgate Latin version reads, and "thus he escaped his hands".

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FOOTNOTES:

F5 Misn. Oholot, c. 8. sect. 4. & Negaim, c. 13. sect. 3. T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 125. 2.

2 Corinthians 11:33 In-Context

31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is to be praised forever, knows that I am not lying.

32 In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

33 But I was lowered in a basket from a window in the wall and slipped through his hands.

Cross References

• 1. Acts 9:25