Acts 9:25

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

American Standard Version (1901)

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Bible in Basic English

But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But the disciples taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

Free Bible Version

So during the night his followers took him and lowered him down in a basket from an opening in the city wall.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the disciples tooke him by night, and put him through the wall, and let him downe by a rope in a basket.

King James (Authorized) Version

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

Plain English Version

So the Christians there helped Saul get away. They got a big basket, and they took Saul to that big wall in the night. They went up to a window, high up in that wall. Then they tied ropes to the basket and put Saul in it, and then they put it through that window, and they let it go down to the ground outside the wall. Then Saul got out of the basket and ran away.

Translation for Translators

So some of those whom he had helped to believe in Jesus took him one night to the high stone wall that surrounded the city. They used ropes to lower him in a large basket through an opening in the wall. So he escaped from Damascus.

Unlocked Literal Bible

But his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Noah Webster Bible

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

World English Bible

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Young's Literal Translation

and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

Context

The Escape from Damascus

²⁴but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him. ²⁵One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

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Summary

In Acts 9:25, we see how Paul's conversion led to opposition and threats against his life. His fellow believers helped him escape from Damascus by lowering him in a basket through an opening in the city wall. This event highlights the early challenges and dangers faced by those who boldly proclaimed the Gospel. It also demonstrates the importance of unity and support within the Christian community during times of persecution and adversity.

Commentary

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

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.

John Gill Bible Commentary

And when Saul was come to Jerusalem,.... After he had escaped out of Damascus, in the manner before related, and which was three years after his conversion: he assayed to join himself to the disciples; not to the private members of the church, or ordinary disciples, as distinct from the apostles, but to the whole society, as consisting of apostles and private Christians; for his chief view in going to Jerusalem was to see Peter; and the Ethiopic version reads, "to the apostles": the sense is, that he tried either to get into a free and familiar conversation with them, or to become one of their body, and a member of the church. He did not return to the high priest from whom he had received letters to Damascus, to give him an account of the execution of his commission, or what use he had made of the letters he gave him, but to the disciples, against whom he had breathed out threatenings and slaughter. Grace had made a strange alteration in him; those whom he hated, and was exceeding mad against, he now loves; they are the excellent ones in the earth in whom is all his delight; and whom he persecuted to strange cities, he now courts their company, and attempts to get among them; accounting it his greatest honour and happiness to be one of their society. It is the duty and interest of every gracious soul to join himself to a church of Christ, which consists of the disciples of Christ, as the church at Jerusalem did; of such who have learned Christ, and the way of life and salvation by him; who have believed in him, and have been taught to deny themselves for his sake, and to take up the cross and follow him, in the way of his ordinances and appointments; and to be "joined" to a church, is to become an open subject of Christ's kingdom, a citizen of the heavenly Jerusalem, one of the family of God, and a member of the body of Christ visibly. The phrase is expressive of that strict union there is between the saints in church relation, and of that close and intimate communion they have with each other, and shows that their incorporation together is by mutual consent and agreement. And a great privilege it is to be in such a relation, having the grace of God; for such have the best of company, and the most refreshing ordinances; are in the greatest safety, being under the watch and care of ministers and members, of angels, and of God himself; and shall never be disfranchised, or become foreigners and strangers; they may expect the presence of God, fresh supplies of his grace, and even life for evermore, and need fear no enemy. That which qualifies for church membership, is not natural descent from religious parents, nor a religious education, nor mere morality and civility, nor even a constant attendance on the word of God, but faith in Christ Jesus, and a profession of it; and according to the order of the Gospel it is necessary that baptism in water should go before it; and these qualifications the apostle had. But they were all afraid of him; knowing him to have been such an enemy to Christ, and so violent a persecutor of his church in times past: and believed not that he was a disciple; or a true follower of Christ, but only pretended to be one, having some wicked design upon them in attempting to get among them: the reason of their not knowing anything of his conversion might be, because not only of the distance between Damascus and Jerusalem, and the continuance of the persecution in the latter place, which might occasion few comers to and fro of the Christians; but because the apostle, soon after his conversion, went to Arabia, where he had been all this while. Hence it appears, that the primitive churches were very careful in the admission of persons into fellowship with them; as they could not bear them in their communion who were evil, so they would not admit any among them but such as they looked upon to be the true disciples of Christ: and this is a method worthy of imitation; and such persons who, before a profession of religion, have been either very scandalous in their lives and conversations, or notorious enemies to Christ and his Gospel, ought to be thoroughly examined into, and full satisfaction obtained concerning them, ere they be received into the bosom of the church.

Acts 9:25

The Escape from Damascus

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Berean Standard Bible

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

American Standard Version (1901)

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Bible in Basic English

But his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.

Douay-Rheims 1899

But the disciples taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.

Free Bible Version

So during the night his followers took him and lowered him down in a basket from an opening in the city wall.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then the disciples tooke him by night, and put him through the wall, and let him downe by a rope in a basket.

King James (Authorized) Version

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

Plain English Version

Translation for Translators

Unlocked Literal Bible

But his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Noah Webster Bible

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

World English Bible

but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Young's Literal Translation

and the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.

Adam Clarke
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 9:25

Verse

Context

The Escape from Damascus

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Acts 9:25

The Escape from Damascus

Palm Sunday

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary