Acts 9:25

Acts 9:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
• New International Version (NIV)But his followers took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a basket.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall in a large basket.

Context of Acts 9:25

23After considerable time had passed [about three years or so], the Jews plotted together to kill him, 24but their plot became known to Saul. They were also watching the city’s gates day and night so they could kill him; but his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall, lowering him in a large basket. 26When he arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples; but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he really was a disciple. 27However, Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and described to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road [to Damascus], and how He had spoken to him, and how at Damascus Saul had preached openly and spoken confidently in the name of Jesus.

Acts 9:25 word by word

λαβόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι.¶Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thenδέde · thenG1161
• the disciplesὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• the disciplesμαθητήςmathētēs · discipleG3101
• tookλαμβάνωlambanō · to takeG2983
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• by nightνύξnux · nightG3571
• and letκαθίημιkathiēmi · to lowerG2524
• downχαλάωchalaō · to lowerG5465
• byδιάdia · through/because ofG1223
• the wallτεῖχοςteichos · wallG5038
• inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• a basketσπυρίςspuris · basketG4711

Cross-references for Acts 9:25

• Joshua 2:15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was built into the city wall, so that she was living on the wall.
• 1 Samuel 19:11Then Saul sent messengers to David’s house to watch for him, so that he might kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, told him, “If you do not save your life tonight, tomorrow you will be killed.”
• 2 Corinthians 11:33and I was [actually] let down in a basket through a window in the wall, and slipped through his fingers.

Commentaries on Acts 9:25

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 25Let 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, Joshua 2:15.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25Took him by night … - This was done through a window in the wall, 2 Corinthians 11:33. In a basket - This word is used to denote commonly “the basket in which food was carried,” Matthew 15:37; Mark 8:8, Mark 8:20. It was in this way that Rahab let down the spies Joshua 2:15, and so David escaped from Saul, 1 Samuel 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…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 23-31Verses 23-31 When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was and is a proof of the truth of Christianity, yet it could not, of itself, convert one soul at enmity with the truth; for nothing can produce true faith, but that power which new-creates the heart. Believers are apt to be too suspicious of those against…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22-25The people who heard Saul were confused and surprised. Even so, Saul clearly showed from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. His arguments were so strong that the Jews in Damascus who did not believe could not answer him. This continued for some time (see Galatians 1:18). The people who heard Saul were confused and surprised. Even so, Saul clearly showed from the Scriptures that Jesus is the Messiah. His arguments were so strong that the Jews in…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. they watched the gates night and day to kill him--The full extent of his danger appears only from his own account (2Co 11:32): "In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me"; the exasperated Jews having obtained from the governor a military force, the more surely to compass his destruction.Read the comment

Topics related to Acts 9:25

• Barnabas
• Basket
• Minister, Christian
• Paul
• Syria
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Acts 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings