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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• 15And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (Josh. 2:15)

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Basket,
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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• 15And she let them down by a cord through the window; for her house was upon the city-wall, and she dwelt upon the wall. (Josh. 2:15)
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1 Sam. 19:11‑12• 11And Saul 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 tonight, tomorrow 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 I was let down in a basket 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.