Act 9:25 | RWP | e4.org | Through the wall ( δια του τειχους ). Paul in explains δια του τειχους as being δια θυριδος (through a window) which opened into the house on the inside of the wall as is true today in Damascus as Hackett saw there. See . (cf. ) for the way that Rahab let out the spies "by a cord through the window." Lowering him ( αυτον χαλασαντες ). First aorist active participle of χαλαω , old and common verb in a nautical sense ( , ) as well as otherwise as here. Same verb used by Paul of this experience ( ). In a basket ( εν σφυριδ ). The word used when the four thousand were fed ( ; ). A large basket plaited of reeds and distinguished in . ( .) from the smaller κοφινος . Paul uses σαργανη , a basket made of ropes. This escape by night by the help of the men whom he had come to destroy was a shameful memory to Paul ( ). Wendt thinks that the coincidences in language here prove that Luke had read II Corinthians. That, of course, is quite possible.

‏ Acts 9:25

Through the wall ( δια του τειχους ). Paul in 2Co 11:33 explains δια του τειχους as being δια θυριδος (through a window) which opened into the house on the inside of the wall as is true today in Damascus as Hackett saw there. See Jos 2:15f. (cf. 1Sa 19:12) for the way that Rahab let out the spies "by a cord through the window."

Lowering him ( αυτον χαλασαντες ). First aorist active participle of χαλαω, old and common verb in a nautical sense (Ac 27:17, 30) as well as otherwise as here. Same verb used by Paul of this experience (2Co 11:33).

In a basket ( εν σφυριδ ). The word used when the four thousand were fed (Mr 8:8; Mt 15:37). A large basket plaited of reeds and distinguished in Mr 8:19f. (Mt 16:9f.) from the smaller κοφινος. Paul uses σαργανη, a basket made of ropes. This escape by night by the help of the men whom he had come to destroy was a shameful memory to Paul (2Co 11:33). Wendt thinks that the coincidences in language here prove that Luke had read II Corinthians. That, of course, is quite possible.