Acts 9:25

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

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

Complete Jewish Bible:

but under cover of night, his talmidim took him and let him down over the city wall, lowering him in a large basket.

Berean Standard Bible:

One night, however, his disciples took him and lowered him in a basket through a window in the wall.

American Standard Version:

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

Then{G1161} the disciples{G3101} took{G2983} him{G846} by night{G3571}, and let him down{G2524}{G5465} by{G1223} the wall{G5038} in{G1722} a basket{G4711}.

Cross-References (KJV):

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.

2 Corinthians 11:33

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

1 Samuel 19:11

  • ¶ 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.

1 Samuel 19:12

  • So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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Commentary for Acts 9:25

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: G1161
    There are 2556 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: δέ
    Transliteration:
    Pronunciation: deh
    Description: a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
  2. Strong's Number: G3101
    There are 252 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: μαθητής
    Transliteration: mathētḗs
    Pronunciation: math-ay-tes'
    Description: from μανθάνω; a learner, i.e. pupil:--disciple.
  3. Strong's Number: G2983
    There are 248 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: λαμβάνω
    Transliteration: lambánō
    Pronunciation: lam-ban'-o
    Description: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas δέχομαι is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while αἱρέομαι is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).
  4. Strong's Number: G846
    There are 3776 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: αὐτός
    Transliteration: autós
    Pronunciation: ow-tos'
    Description: from the particle (perhaps akin to the base of ἀήρ through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative ἑαυτοῦ) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare αὑτοῦ.
  5. Strong's Number: G3571
    There are 62 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: νύξ
    Transliteration: nýx
    Pronunciation: noox
    Description: a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):-- (mid-)night.
  6. Strong's Number: G2524
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: καθίημι
    Transliteration: kathíēmi
    Pronunciation: kath-ee'-ay-mee
    Description: from κατά; and (to send); to lower:--let down.
  7. Strong's Number: G5465
    There are 7 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: χαλάω
    Transliteration: chaláō
    Pronunciation: khal-ah'-o
    Description: from the base of χάσμα; to lower (as into a void):--let down, strike.
  8. Strong's Number: G1223
    There are 580 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: διά
    Transliteration: diá
    Pronunciation: dee-ah'
    Description: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) … fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.
  9. Strong's Number: G5038
    There are 9 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: τεῖχος
    Transliteration: teîchos
    Pronunciation: ti'-khos
    Description: akin to the base of τίκτω; a wall (as formative of a house):--wall.
  10. Strong's Number: G1722
    There are 2129 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: ἐν
    Transliteration: en
    Pronunciation: en
    Description: a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between εἰς and ἐκ); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (… sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.
  11. Strong's Number: G4711
    There are 5 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: σπυρίς
    Transliteration: spyrís
    Pronunciation: spoo-rece'
    Description: from σπείρω (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle:--basket.