2 Corinthians 11:32
New International Version
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.

New Living Translation
When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the city gates to catch me.

English Standard Version
At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to seize me,

Berean Standard Bible
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me.

Berean Literal Bible
In Damascus the governor under the king Aretas was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me.

King James Bible
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

New King James Version
In Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

New American Standard Bible
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

NASB 1995
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

NASB 1977
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

Legacy Standard Bible
In Damascus the ethnarch under Aretas the king was guarding the city of the Damascenes in order to seize me,

Amplified Bible
In Damascus the governor (ethnarch) under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

Christian Standard Bible
In Damascus, a ruler under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to arrest me.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me,

American Standard Version
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
In Dramsuq, the Captain of the Army of Aretus, The King, was guarding the city of the Damascenes to seize me,

Contemporary English Version
The governor of Damascus at the time of King Aretas had the city gates guarded, so he could capture me.

Douay-Rheims Bible
At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.

English Revised Version
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, in order to take me:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me.

Good News Translation
When I was in Damascus, the governor under King Aretas placed guards at the city gates to arrest me.

International Standard Version
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas put guards around the city of Damascus to catch me,

Literal Standard Version
In Damascus the governor [under] Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Majority Standard Bible
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes wishing to arrest me.

New American Bible
At Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus, in order to seize me,

NET Bible
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus in order to arrest me,

New Revised Standard Version
In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me,

New Heart English Bible
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes, desiring to arrest me.

Webster's Bible Translation
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

Weymouth New Testament
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas kept guards at the gates of the city in order to apprehend me,

World English Bible
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.

Young's Literal Translation
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Paul's Suffering and Service
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying. 32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas secured the city of the Damascenes in order to arrest me. 33But I was lowered in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his grasp.…

Cross References
Acts 9:2
and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

Acts 9:8
Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes he could not see a thing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

Acts 9:10
In Damascus there was a disciple named Ananias. The Lord spoke to him in a vision, "Ananias!" "Here I am, Lord," he answered.

Acts 9:24
but Saul learned of their plot. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.


Treasury of Scripture

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

Damascus.

2 Corinthians 11:26
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

Acts 9:24,25
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him…

Aretas.

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2 Corinthians 11
1. Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,
5. of his equality with the chief apostles,
7. of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;
13. showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;
23. and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.














(32) In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king . . .--The question meets us at the outset whether the fact that follows is brought in as being the first instance of suffering endured for the sake of Christ, and therefore the natural opening to what was intended to have been a long, connected narrative of all such sufferings, or as being connected in some special manner with his "infirmities.", On the whole, the evidence--especially the context of 2Corinthians 11:30--seems in favour of the latter view, as far, at least, as the selection of the incident is concerned. There was, we can well imagine, an element of the ludicrous--something that gave occasion to jests and sneers--in the way in which the Apostle's escape On the historical facts connected with this incident, see Notes on Acts 9:24-25. The additional details which we learn from St. Paul are--(1) that Damascus was under the immediate control, not of the Governor of Syria, but of a governor or an ethnarch; (2) that the ethnarch was appointed, not by the Roman emperor, but by Aretas (the name was hereditary, and was the Greek form of the Arabic Haret), the King of the Nabathaean Arabs, who had his capital at Petra, who was the father of the first wife of Herod Antipas (see Note on Matthew 14:1); (3) that the ethnarch lent himself to the enmity of the Jews, and stationed troops at each gate of the city to prevent St. Paul's escape. "Ethnarch," it may be noted, was about this time the common title of a subordinate provincial governor. It had been borne by Judas Maccabaeus (1 Maccabees 14:47; 1 Maccabees 15:1-2) and by Archelaus (Jos. Wars, ii. 6, ? 3). . . . Verse 32. - In Damascus. (For the incident referred to, see Acts 9:22-25.) The governor; literally, the ethnarch. This is obviously the title given to the commandant of the city (whether an Arabian or a Jew), left in charge by Aretas. The word does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament, but is found in 1 Macc. 14:47; Josephus, 'Ant.,' 14:07, § 2. Under Aretas the king. Hareth, the Emir of Petra, father-in-law of Herod the Great. He had either seized the city during his war with Herod, to avenge the insult offered to his daughter by Herod's adultery with Herodias; or it may have been assigned to him by Caligula. His relations with Damascus are confirmed by coins (see 'Life of St. Paul,' exc. 8.). Kept... with a garrison; literally, was guarding. It is said in Acts 9:24 that the Jews did this; but they could not in any case have done it without leave from the ethnarch, and qui facit per alium, facit per se. Desirous to apprehend me. Both words are a little stronger in the Greek - "determining to seize me."

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
In
ἐν (en)
Preposition
Strong's 1722: In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc.

Damascus,
Δαμασκῷ (Damaskō)
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Strong's 1154: Damascus. Of Hebrew origin; Damascus, a city of Syria.

the
(ho)
Article - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

governor
ἐθνάρχης (ethnarchēs)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 1481: An ethnarch, tribal lord, a subordinate ruler. From ethnos and arche; the governor of a district.

under
τοῦ (tou)
Article - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

King
βασιλέως (basileōs)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 935: A king, ruler, but in some passages clearly to be translated: emperor. Probably from basis; a sovereign.

Aretas
Ἁρέτα (Hareta)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 702: Aretas IV, King of the Nabataeans. Of foreign origin; Aretas, an Arabian.

secured
ἐφρούρει (ephrourei)
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's 5432: From a compound of pro and horao; to be a watcher in advance, i.e. To mount guard as a sentinel; figuratively, to hem in, protect.

the
τὴν (tēn)
Article - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 3588: The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.

city
πόλιν (polin)
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Strong's 4172: A city, the inhabitants of a city. Probably from the same as polemos, or perhaps from polus; a town.

of the Damascenes
Δαμασκηνῶν (Damaskēnōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 1153: A Damascene, an inhabitant of Damascus. From Damaskos; a Damascene or inhabitant of Damascus.

in order to arrest
πιάσαι (piasai)
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Strong's 4084: Probably another form of biazo; to squeeze, i.e. Seize (press), or officially (arrest), or in hunting (capture).

me.
με (me)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Accusative 1st Person Singular
Strong's 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.


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