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2 Corinthians 11:32

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:

KJV

ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἁρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν πιάσαι με,

Greek NT

Damasci præpositus gentis Aretæ regis custodiebat civitatem Damascenorum ut me comprehenderet :

Vulgate

In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:

ASV

At Damascus, the governor of the nation under Aretas the king, guarded the city of the Damascenes, to apprehend me.

Douay-Rheims

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In this verse

Places Damascus

In the original Greek

11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

Δαμασκηνός
damaskenos
adjective · 1×
Δαμασκός
damaskos
noun · 15×
βασιλεύς
basileus
noun · 115×
πιάζω
piazo
verb · 12×
πόλις
polis
noun · 164×
φρουρέω
phroureo
verb · 4×
Ἀρέτας
aretas
noun · 1×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἐθνάρχης
ethnarches
noun · 1×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
o
article · 19778×

Textual variants

2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

minor
SBLGNT: πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν | WH/Treg/NIV: πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν | RP: Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν
  • πόλιν ΔαμασκηνῶνSBLGNT
  • πόλιν ΔαμασκηνῶνWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • Δαμασκηνῶν πόλινRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
notable
SBLGNT: με | WH/Treg/NIV: με | RP: + θέλων
  • μεSBLGNT
  • μεWestcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
  • + θέλωνRobinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Sam 19:12 — So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.
  • Acts 9:24 — But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
  • Gal 1:17 — Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me; but I went into Arabia, and returned again unto Damascus.
  • Ps 59:1 — Deliver me from mine enemies, O my God: defend me from them that rise up against me.