John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 11:33
And through a window in a basket was I let down ,.... The house in which he was, like Rahab's, was built upon the wall of the city, and as she let down the spies by a cord through the window, and as David was by Michal; so the apostle was let down by the brethren with cords, as Jeremiah was, Jeremiah 38:6 where the Septuagint use the same word as here, through a window; "which", as the Arabic version reads it, "was in the wall"; or he was let down by the wall side, "in a basket or net"; so... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 11:32
In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king ,.... Aretas or Al-Hareth was a king of Arabia, of the family of the Gassanii; among whom were many of this name F18 Pocock. Specimen Hist. Arab. p. 76, 77, 78. ; and who for some hundreds of years ruled over Syria, of which Damascus was the metropolis. The fourth king of that family was of this name, and perhaps is the person here meant; and after him there were four more of the same family so called; it was a name of Arabian kings in... read more