Acts 9:25
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
KJV
λαβόντες δὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ νυκτὸς διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν χαλάσαντες ἐν σπυρίδι.
Greek NT
Accipientes autem eum discipuli nocte, per murum dimiserunt eum, submittentes in sporta.
Vulgate
but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
ASV
But the disciples, taking him in the night, conveyed him away by the wall, letting him down in a basket.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
12 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
διά
dia
preposition · 633×
καθίημι
kathiemi
verb · 4×
λαμβάνω
lambano
verb · 259×
μαθητής
mathetes
noun · 261×
νύξ
nux
noun · 61×
σπυρίς
spuris
noun · 5×
τεῖχος
teichos
noun · 9×
χαλάω
chalao
verb · 7×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×
ὁ
o
article · 19778×
Textual variants
2 variant units attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
minor
SBLGNT: οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ | WH/Treg/NIV: οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ | RP: αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ
- οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ — SBLGNT
- οἱ μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- αὐτὸν οἱ μαθηταὶ — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
minor
SBLGNT: διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν | WH/Treg/NIV: διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν | RP: καθῆκαν διὰ τοῦ τείχους
- διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν — SBLGNT
- διὰ τοῦ τείχους καθῆκαν αὐτὸν — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- καθῆκαν διὰ τοῦ τείχους — Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus
Historic Christian voices
3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 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.
- 2Cor 11:33 — And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- 2Cor 11:33 — And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- Acts 17:10 — And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night unto Berea: who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.
- Acts 17:14 — And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to go as it were to the sea: but Silas and Timotheus abode there still.
- Josh 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.
- Josh 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.