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

23Now after some days had passed, the Jews plotted together to kill him, 24but Saul learned of their plot against him. They were also watching the city gates day and night so that they could kill him. But his disciples took him at night and let him down through an opening in the wall by lowering him in a basket. 26When he arrived in Jerusalem, he attempted to associate with the disciples, and they were all afraid of him, because they did not believe that he was a disciple. 27But Barnabas took Saul, brought him to the apostles, and related to them how he had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly 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 Rahab let them down by a rope through the window. (Her house was built as part of the city wall; she lived in the wall.)
• 1 Samuel 19:11Saul sent messengers to David’s house to guard it and to kill him in the morning. Then David’s wife Michal told him, “If you do not save yourself tonight, tomorrow you will be dead!”
• 2 Corinthians 11:33but I was let down in a rope-basket through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

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