30 If boasting is necessary, I will boast about my weaknesses. 31 The God and Father(A) of the Lord Jesus, who is blessed forever, knows I am not lying. 32 In Damascus,(B) a ruler[a] under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me. 33 So I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped from his hands.(C)

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  1. 11:32 Gk ethnarches; a leader of an ethnic community

30 If I have to boast, I will boast of what pertains to my (A)weakness. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, (B)He who is blessed forever, (C)knows that I am not lying. 32 In (D)Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was (E)guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me, 33 and I was let down in a basket (F)through a window [a]in the wall, and so escaped his hands.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:33 Lit through