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2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

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  • WEB World English Bible

    In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

  • TYNDALE Tyndale New Testament (1534)

    In the citie of Damascon the governer of the people vnder kynge Aretas layde watche in the citie of the Damasces and wolde have caught me

  • GNV Geneva Bible (1599)

    In Damascus the gouernour of the people vnder King Aretas, layde watch in the citie of the Damascens, and would haue caught me.

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Cross-references (2)

Passages linked to 2 Corinthians 11:32 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Acts 9:24-25 but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him, but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
  • 2 Corinthians 11:26 I have been in travels often, perils of rivers, perils of robbers, perils from my countrymen, perils from the Gentiles, perils in the city, perils in the wilderness, perils in the sea, perils among false brothers;

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Explain this verse (17 sources)

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king…

32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

Ver. 32. In Damascus] The chief city of Syria, built (say some) in the place where the blood of Abel was spilt, and thence called Damesek, i.e. a bag of blood. Thither Paul marched with a bloody mind, but was miraculously converted, and so powerfully confounded his countrymen there, that they incensed the governor against him, to his great peril. That is the guise of godless persecutors, to attempt that against the truth by arms that they cannot effect by arguments. See Act 9:23-24.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Luke hath shortly given us the history of this…
William Burkitt 1703 · Public Domain The apostle concludes this chapter, containing a relation of…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And through a window in a basket was I…
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain The governor under Aretas - King of Arabia and…
Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 32. In Damascus the governor under Aretas] For…
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 2Co 11:32-33. In Damascus, &c. — As if he…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain In Damascus - This circumstance is mentioned as an…
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain governor--Greek, "Ethnarch": a Jewish officer to whom heathen rulers…
Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 32, 33. Commentators are much puzzled to know why…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 32. In Damascus] Cf. Act_9:23-25.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (32) In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain In Damascus. (For the incident referred to, see Act_9:22-25)…
B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 32, 33. In Damascus. This seems to be cited…
J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 11:32-33 As a final “boast” of his weakness, Paul…

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