Acts 9 · Verse 25

Acts 9:25

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Acts 9:25, King James Version

Acts 9:25 in other translations

BSBOne night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.
WEBbut his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
ASVbut his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
YLTand the disciples having taken him, by night did let him down by the wall, letting down in a basket.
DARBYbut the disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
BBEBut his disciples took him by night and let him down from the wall in a basket.
WebsterThen the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

What does Acts 9:25 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Acts 9:24-25

24-25. they watched the gates night and day to kill him--The full extent of his danger appears only from his own account (2Co 11:32): "In Damascus, the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me"; the exasperated Jews having obtained from the governor a military force, the more surely to compass his destruction.

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Barnes' Notes
Verse 25. They took him by night, etc. This was done through a window in the wall, 2Cor 11:33.

In a basket. This word is used to denote commonly the basket in which food was carried, Mt 15:37, Mk 8:8,20. This conduct of Saul was in accordance with the direction of the Lord Jesus, Mt 10:23, "When they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another," etc. Saul was certain of death if he remained; and as he could secure his life by flight without abandoning any principle of religion, or denying his Lord, it was his duty to do so. Christianity requires us to sacrifice our lives only when we cannot avoid it without denying the Saviour, or abandoning the principles of our holy religion.

(c) "let him down" Josh 2:15

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 25 Let him down, by the wall - Favoured, probably, by a house built against or upon the wall, through the window of which they could lower him in a basket; and by this means he made his escape. His escape was something similar to that of the spies at Jericho, Jos 2:15.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Acts 9:23-31

When we enter into the way of God, we must look for trials; but the Lord knows how to deliver the godly, and will, with the temptation, also make a way to escape. Though Saul's conversion was and is a proof of the truth of Christianity, yet it could not, of itself, convert one soul at enmity with the truth; for nothing can produce true faith, but that power which new-creates the heart. Believers are apt to be too…

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Acts 9:25 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

λαβόντεςlabonteshaving takenG2983
δὲdehoweverG1161
οἱhoitheG3588
μαθηταὶmathētaidisciplesG3101
αὐτοῦautouof himG846
νυκτὸςnuktosby nightG3571
διὰdiathroughG1223
τοῦtoutheG3588
τείχουςteichouswallG5038
καθῆκανkathēkanthey let downG2524
αὐτὸνautonhimG846
χαλάσαντεςchalasanteshaving lowered [him]G5465
ἐνeninG1722
σπυρίδι.¶spuridia basket.G4711

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Acts 9:25

  • 2 Corinthians 11:33

    And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

  • Joshua 2:15

    Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

  • 1 Samuel 19:11-12

    Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain. So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the disciples.Maundrell states that after visiting the place of vision, "about half a mile distant from the city eastward," they returned to the city, and "were shown the gate where St. Paul was let down in a basket. This gate is at present walled up, by reason of its vicinity to the east gate, which renders it of little use."
let.
Jos 2:15; 1Sa 19:11,12; 2Co 11:33

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Context

  • Acts 9:24

    But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

  • Acts 9:25

    Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

  • Acts 9:26

    And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

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Acts 9:25 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Entonces los discípulos, tomándole de noche, le bajaron por el muro en una espuerta.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Mais les disciples, le prenant de nuit, le descendirent par la muraille, en le dévalant dans une corbeille.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Die Jünger aber nahmen ihn bei der Nacht und ließen ihn durch die Mauer hinab, indem sie ihn in einem Korbe hinunterließen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.