33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
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Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
Behold, when we come into the land, thou shalt bind this line of scarlet thread in the window which thou didst let us down by: and thou shalt bring thy father, and thy mother, and thy brethren, and all thy father's household, home unto thee.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22-33)Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ), and wherein he excelled the false apostles, who would lessen his character and usefulness among the Corinthians. Observe, I. He mentions the privileges of his birth (2 Cor. 11:22),…
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