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Selected Verse: Acts 9:25 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ac 9:25 |
King James |
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Then the disciples . . . by night let him down--"through a window" (Co2 11:33).
by the wall--Such overhanging windows in the walls of Eastern cities were common, and are to be seen in Damascus to this day. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Took him by night ... - This was done through a window in the wall, Co2 11:33.
In a basket - This word is used to denote commonly "the basket in which food was carried," Mat 15:37; Mar 8:8, Mar 8:20. It was in this way that Rahab let down the spies Jos 2:15, and so David escaped from Saul, Sa1 19:12. Probably this occurred in an unguarded part of the wall, where some overhanging houses, as is usual in Eastern cities, opened into the outer country. This conduct of Saul was in accordance with the direction of the Lord Jesus Mat 10:23, "When they persecute you in one city, flee ye into another," etc. Saul was certain of death if he remained; and as he could secure his life by flight without abandoning any principle of religion, or denying his Lord, it was his duty to do so. Christianity requires us to sacrifice our lives only when we cannot avoid it without denying the Saviour, or abandoning the principles of our religion. |
| Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886] |
By the wall (διὰ τοῦ τείχους)
Rev., more accurately, through the wall, as is explained by Co2 11:33. Either through the window of a house overhanging the wall, or through a window in the wall itself opening to houses on its inner side. Hackett says that he observed such windows in the wall at Damascus. On the mode of escape, compare Jos 2:15; Sa1 19:12.
Basket (σπυρίδι)
See on Mat 14:20. In Paul's account of this adventure he uses σαργάνη, a plaited or braided basket of wicker-work; or, as some think, of ropes. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Let him down, by the wall - Favoured, probably, by a house built against or upon the wall, through the window of which they could lower him in a basket; and by this means he made his escape. His escape was something similar to that of the spies at Jericho, Jos 2:15. |
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.
12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
20 And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said, Seven.
8 So they did eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets.
37 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full.
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
12 So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
15 Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.