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Acts 9

Acts 9:25 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Then
de (Greek #1161)
but, and, etc.
KJV usage: also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Pronounce: deh
Origin: a primary particle (adversative or continuative)
the disciples
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
mathetes (Greek #3101)
a learner, i.e. pupil
KJV usage: disciple.
Pronounce: math-ay-tes'
Origin: from 3129
took
lambano (Greek #2983)
to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove))
KJV usage: 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).
Pronounce: lam-ban'-o
Origin: a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses
him
autos (Greek #846)
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
KJV usage: 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 848.
Pronounce: ow-tos'
Origin: from the particle αὖ (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward)
by night
nux (Greek #3571)
"night" (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: (mid-)night.
Pronounce: noox
Origin: a primary word
, and let
kathiemi (Greek #2524)
and ἵημι (to send); to lower
KJV usage: let down.
Pronounce: kath-ee'-ay-mee
Origin: from 2596
i him down
chalao (Greek #5465)
to lower (as into a void)
KJV usage: let down, strike.
Pronounce: khal-ah'-o
Origin: from the base of 5490
by
dia (Greek #1223)
through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional)
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: dee-ah'
Origin: a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act
the wall
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
teichos (Greek #5038)
a wall (as formative of a house)
KJV usage: wall.
Pronounce: ti'-khos
Origin: akin to the base of 5088
in
en (Greek #1722)
"in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.
KJV usage: 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.
Pronounce: en
Origin: 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 1519 and 1537)
a basket
spuris (Greek #4711)
a hamper or lunch-receptacle
KJV usage: basket.
Pronounce: spoo-rece'
Origin: from 4687 (as woven)
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Josh. 2:15• 15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (Josh. 2:15)

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Basket,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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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.
Josh. 2:15• 15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (Josh. 2:15)
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1 Sam. 19:11‑12• 11Saul 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.
 12So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped. (1 Sam. 19:11‑12)
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2 Cor. 11:33• 33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands. (2 Cor. 11:33)
• Saul is dropped over the wall at night, and, when he gets to Jerusalem, finds his way into the assembly by the help of Barnabas. This event, I gather, took place sometime later than the record in Acts 9 might, at first sight, lead one to think. Reference to Galatians 1 shows that it was not at the moment of his conversion that Saul went to Jerusalem. (“Fifteen Days With Paul” by W.T.P. Wolston)
• Ignominious for those who would surround the great apostle with a perpetual halo. How little they know of the cross, of God, and His ways! (“Acts 9:23-27” by W. Kelly)
• Strange conjunction, but how instructive withal, the same one lowered from a window in a city wall, and caught up to heaven to hear unspeakable words! (“Acts 9:23-27” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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

WK Translation Notes

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The oldest copies, with ancient Latin copies, have the strange reading "his" disciples, which appears to be as easy a slip as out of keeping with the account.