2 Corinthians 11:30-33
Expanded Bible
30 If I must ·brag [boast], I will ·brag [boast] about the things that show I am weak. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, who is to be praised forever, knows I am not lying. 32 When I was in Damascus, the ·governor [L ethnarch; C a title for a minor ruler] under King Aretas wanted to arrest me, so he put guards around the city. 33 But ·my friends lowered me [L I was lowered] in a basket through ·a hole [or window] in the city wall. So I escaped from ·the governor [L his hands].
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2 Corinthians 11:30-33
Amplified Bible
30 If I must boast, I will boast of the things that reveal my weakness [the things by which I am made weak in the eyes of my opponents]. 31 The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, He who is blessed and to be praised forevermore, knows that I am not lying. 32 In Damascus the [a]governor (ethnarch) under [b]King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me, 33 and I was [actually] let down in a basket through a [c]window in the wall, and slipped through his fingers.
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- 2 Corinthians 11:32 Perhaps also leader of the Jewish community.
- 2 Corinthians 11:32 King of the Nabatean Arabs from 9 b.c. to a.d. 40.
- 2 Corinthians 11:33 I.e. small door.
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