| Acts 9:19b-25 | Gal. 1:15-17 | 2 Cor. 11:32-33 |
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9:19b For several days he was with the disciples in Damascus, 9:20 and
immediately he began to proclaim Jesus in the synagogues, saying, "He is
the Son of God." 9:21 All who heard him were amazed and said, "Is not this
the man who made havoc in Jerusalem among those who invoked this name?
And has he not come here for the purpose of bringing them bound before
the chief priests?" 9:22 Saul became increasingly more powerful and confounded
the Jews who lived in Damascus by proving that JesusF74 was
the Messiah.F75
9:23 After some time had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 9:24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night so that they might kill him; 9:25 but his disciples took him by night and let him down through an opening in the wall,F76 lowering him in a basket. FOOTNOTES: F74: Gk [that this] F75: Or [the Christ] F76: Gk [through the wall] |
1:15 But when God, who had set me apart before I was born and called me
through his grace, was pleased 1:16 to reveal his Son to me,F5
so that I might proclaim him among the Gentiles, I did not confer with
any human being, 1:17 nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were already
apostles before me, but I went away at once into Arabia, and afterwards
I returned to Damascus.
FOOTNOTES: F5: Gk [in me] |
11:32 In Damascus, the governorF41
under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order toF42
seize me, 11:33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the
wall,F43 and escaped from his hands.
FOOTNOTES: F41: Gk [ethnarch] F42: Other ancient authorities read [and wanted to] F43: Gk [through the wall] |