 | William Paley - 1831 - 692 pages
...other. The two accounts are as follows : 2 Cor. chap. xi. 32, 33. In Damascus, the governor under Aretae the king, kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison,...in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped hie hands. Acts, chap. ix. 23—25. And after many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel to kill... | |
 | John Murray - 1831 - 324 pages
...inflicted by some venomous serpents — such as the tie polonga. In 2 Cor. xi. 32, it is stated, that " in Damascus, the governor, under Aretas the king, kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison." We give a fac simile of a coin of Damascus, on which this very name occurs as the king The word, <1>IAEAAHNO2... | |
 | John Locke - 1832 - 468 pages
...God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept...Damascenes, with a garrison desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. PARAPHRASE.... | |
 | William Jay - 1832 - 704 pages
...avenues many, requiring no few to keep them. The Apostle, in relating the transaction himself says, " The governor, under Aretas the king, kept the city...Damascenes with a garrison desirous to apprehend me." ; We have seen his danger, let us observe his deliverance. He seemed a certain prey ; but " their lying... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 pages
...honour usually annexed by the Jews at the naming of God. 32 In Damascus the governor under A retas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I letdown by the wall, and escaped his hands. The apostle... | |
 | William Jay - 1833 - 722 pages
...avenues many, requiring no few to keep them. The Apostle, in relating the transaction himself says, " The governor, under Aretas the king, kept the city...Damascenes with a garrison desirous to apprehend me." • We have seen his danger, let us observe his deliverance. He seemed a certain prey ; but " their... | |
 | Luke Howard - 1834 - 410 pages
...The God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king- kept...apprehend me: And through a window in a basket was I letdown by the wall, and escaped his hands."' In this passage, verses 32 and 33 are out of place. It... | |
 | 1834 - 642 pages
...as follows: — 2 Car. chap, ri, 82, 33. In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king, kept Ihe city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to...was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Acts, chap, if, 23-2o. And after that many days were fulfilled, the Jews took counsel fo kill him ;... | |
 | Ebenezer Porter - 1834 - 276 pages
...God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which is blessed for evermore, knoweth that I lie not. 32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept...Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me : 33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. OF JUSTIFICATION... | |
 | Robert Walker (vicar of St. Winnow.) - 1834 - 232 pages
...often alludes to it. In his second Epistle to the Corinthians, speaking of his sufferings, he says, " In Damascus, the governor, under Aretas the king,...Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend IDC ; and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands."f In the... | |
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