2 Corinthians 11:33 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. ”

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And through a window - That is, through a little door or aperture in the wall; perhaps something like an embrasure, that might have been large enough to allow a man to pass through it. Luke says...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his c...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

through . Greek. dia. App-104. 2 Corinthians 11:1 . window. Greek. thuris. See Acts 20:9 . basket . Greek. sargane. Only here. In Acts 9:25 the word is spuris. let down . Greek....
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Through a window in a basket - Probably the house was situated on the wall of the city. See the notes on this histo...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 11:1-15. Defence of his Gospel and of his Independence St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary supp...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Through a window in a basket... — On the mode of escape, see Notes on Acts 9:24-25 . So the spies escaped from the house of Rahab ( Joshua 2:15 ), and David from the pursuit of Saul ( 1 Samuel 19:...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 26 STRENGTH AND WEAKNESS. 2 Corinthians 11:30-33 ; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 (R.V) THE difficulties of exposition in this passage are partly connected with its form, partly with its subst...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pre-eminent in Labor and Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:22-33 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the w...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(32) In Damascus the governor under Aretas 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 let down by the wall, and es...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And through a window in a basket was I let down ,.... The house in which he was, like Rahab's, was built upon the wall of the city, and as she let down the spies by a cord through the window, and as...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. Ver. 33. And through a window, &c. ] An honest shift, though against the Roman law of leaping over the wall...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

In Damascus , &c. As if he had said, I must be permitted to add one circumstance more to illustrate the dangers to which I was exposed, as soon as I engaged in the Christian cause, and the remar...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Isra...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

See Poole on " 2 Corinthians 11:32 "
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Pa...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:1 . Bear with me a little in my folly; for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-47 ). He is not afraid of compa...
2 Corinthians 11:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A further recital of hardships and difficulties:
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 19:12 ; Joshua 2:18
2 Corinthians 11:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Through a window — Of an house which stood on the city wall.

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:33 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:33 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:33 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:33 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes