2 Corinthians 11:26

11:26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, ¹  in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, ²  in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,

2 Corinthians 11:32-33

11:32 In Damascus, the governor ³  under King Aretas was guarding the city of Damascus ⁴  in order to arrest ⁵  me, 11:33 but I was let down in a rope-basket ⁶  through a window in the city wall, and escaped his hands.

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¹ tn Or “bandits.” The word normally refers more to highwaymen (“robbers”) but can also refer to insurrectionists or revolutionaries (“bandits”).

² tn Or “desert.”

³ tn Grk “ethnarch.”

sn The governor was an official called an ethnarch who was appointed to rule over a particular area or constituency on behalf of a king.

⁴ tn Grk “the city of the Damascenes.”

⁵ tn Or “to seize,” “to catch.”

⁶ tn In Acts 9:25 the same basket used in Paul’s escape is called a σπυρίς (spuri"), a basket larger than a κόφινος (kofinos). It was very likely made out of rope, so the translation “rope-basket” is used.