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.
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In the original Greek
11 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
- πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν — SBLGNT
- πόλιν Δαμασκηνῶν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν — Robinson-Pierpont
- με — SBLGNT
- με — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + θέλων — Robinson-Pierpont
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.