1 Samuel 19:12; Joshua 2:18
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 en...
Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination...
through . Greek. dia. App-104. 2 Corinthians 11:1 . window. Greek. thuris. See Acts 20:9 . basket . Greek. sargane. Only here. In Acts...
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...
(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 t...
Paraphrase. 'If, however, I must boast in self-defence, I shall boast about my weakness and helplessness; for I shall thus make it plain what Chris...
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 ),...
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 par...
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...
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 ap...
(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 win...
REFLECTIONS READER! who can behold the warmth and zeal of the Apostle in his godly jealousy over the Corinthian Church, in their espousals to Christ...
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 d...
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, tho...
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...
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 w...
The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. ...
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Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preache...
‘In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me, and through a window was I let down in a bask...
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...
AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
A further recital of hardships and difficulties:
and through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. The first rhetorical questions contain a further explanation o...
Through a window — Of an house which stood on the city wall.
33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.