(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 escaped his hands.
We have an account of this gracious deliverance of the Apostle out of the hands of his enemies; Acts 9:23-25. Paul's history is not given to us in one continued relation, but in fragments in the word of God. We know that he, was in his way to Damascus when the Lord Jesus called to him from heaven. And his immediate preaching Christ, brought upon him the indignation of the Jews. But the many escapes Paul experienced, some of which are recorded in the preceding part of this chapter, may serve to teach us how this faithful servant of the Lord went about in his ministry, with his life always as in his hand. But how blessed to hear him say; as he did to the elders of the Church of Ephesus: None of those things move me, neither count I my life dear unto myself, so that I may finish my course with joy, and the ministry, which I have received of the Lord Jesus, to testify the Gospel of the grace of God, Acts 20:24.