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:
Context
This verse from 2 Corinthians Chapter 11 connects to 3 cross-references. Paul's 'foolish' boasting: he is presenting the Corinthians as a pure virgin to Christ, and fears they will be deceived as Eve was. He argues his apostleship against the 'super-apostles.' His résumé of suffering: five times forty lashes, three times …
Other Translations
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me:
In Damascus the ethnarch of Aretas the king was watching the city of the Damascenes, wishing to seize me,
In Damascus, the ruler under Aretas the king kept watch over the town of the people of Damascus, in order to take me:
Cross References
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.
In journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by …