Acts 9:25

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But his disciples took him by night and lowered him in a basket through an opening in the wall.

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  • 2 Cor 11:33 : 33 but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.
  • Josh 2:15 : 15 Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.
  • 1 Sam 19:11-12 : 11 Saul sent messengers to David's house to watch him and to kill him in the morning. But Michal, David’s wife, warned him, saying, 'If you don’t escape tonight, you will be killed in the morning.' 12 So Michal let David down through the window, and he fled and escaped.

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  • 2 Cor 11:32-33
    2 verses
    82%

    32In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded to arrest me,

    33but I was let down in a basket through a window in the wall and escaped his hands.

  • Acts 9:23-24
    2 verses
    81%

    23After many days had passed, the Jews conspired to kill him.

    24But Saul learned of their plan. Day and night they watched the city gates in order to kill him.

  • Acts 9:26-30
    5 verses
    75%

    26When Saul arrived in Jerusalem, he tried to join the disciples, but they were all afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.

    27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles. He explained to them how Saul had seen the Lord on the road, that the Lord had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

    28So Saul stayed with them and moved about freely in Jerusalem, speaking boldly in the name of the Lord.

    29He talked and debated with the Hellenists, but they tried to kill him.

    30When the brothers learned of this, they took him down to Caesarea and sent him off to Tarsus.

  • Luke 5:19
    68%

    19When they could not find a way to bring him in because of the crowd, they went up on the roof and lowered the man on his mat through the tiles into the middle of the crowd, right in front of Jesus.

  • Acts 9:1-4
    4 verses
    68%

    1But Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, approached the high priest.

    2He requested letters from him to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any who belonged to the Way, men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

    3As he was traveling and nearing Damascus, suddenly a light from heaven flashed around him.

    4He fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?"

  • Acts 9:8
    68%

    8Saul got up from the ground, but when he opened his eyes, he could see nothing. So they led him by the hand into Damascus.

  • Acts 7:58
    68%

    58They dragged him out of the city and began to stone him. Meanwhile, the witnesses laid their coats at the feet of a young man named Saul.

  • Matt 28:13
    67%

    13They instructed them, 'Say this: “His disciples came during the night and stole Him away while we were asleep.”'

  • Acts 9:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18At once, something like scales fell from his eyes, and he regained his sight. He got up and was baptized.

    19And after taking food, he regained his strength. Saul spent several days with the disciples in Damascus.

  • Josh 2:15
    67%

    15Then she let them down by a rope through the window, for her house was part of the city wall, and she lived in the wall.

  • Acts 9:21
    67%

    21All who heard him were amazed and said, "Isn’t this the man who raised havoc in Jerusalem among those who call on this name? And didn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?"

  • Acts 26:21
    67%

    21For this reason, the Jews seized me in the temple and tried to kill me.

  • Acts 5:18-19
    2 verses
    67%

    18They arrested the apostles and put them in the public jail.

    19But during the night, an angel of the Lord opened the doors of the prison and brought them out.

  • Acts 9:11-12
    2 verses
    67%

    11The Lord said to him, "Get up and go to the street called Straight, and at the house of Judas, look for a man of Tarsus named Saul. For he is praying.

    12In a vision, he has seen a man named Ananias coming in and placing his hands on him so that he might regain his sight."

  • Acts 4:3
    66%

    3So they seized them and took them into custody until the next day, since it was already evening.

  • Acts 22:11
    66%

    11Since I could not see because of the brightness of that light, I was led by the hand by those who were with me and went into Damascus.

  • Acts 11:5
    66%

    5'I was in the city of Joppa praying, and I saw in a trance a vision: something like a large sheet being let down from heaven by its four corners, and it came down to me.

  • Acts 10:9
    66%

    9The next day, as they were on their journey and approaching the city, Peter went up on the roof to pray about noon.

  • Acts 8:1
    66%

    1Saul was in full agreement with his execution. On that day, a great persecution broke out against the church in Jerusalem, and all the believers, except the apostles, were scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria.

  • Acts 22:17
    66%

    17After I returned to Jerusalem and was praying in the temple, I fell into a trance.

  • Acts 14:19-20
    2 verses
    66%

    19But some Jews from Antioch and Iconium arrived, persuaded the crowds, and they stoned Paul and dragged him out of the city, thinking he was dead.

    20But when the disciples gathered around him, he got up and went back into the city. The next day, he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.

  • John 6:16
    66%

    16When evening came, his disciples went down to the sea,

  • Acts 12:10
    66%

    10After they passed the first and second guard posts, they came to the iron gate leading to the city, which opened for them by itself. They went out and walked one street, and immediately the angel left him.

  • Acts 22:19
    65%

    19But I said, 'Lord, they themselves know that I used to imprison and beat those who believed in You in the synagogues.

  • Acts 16:29
    65%

    29The jailer asked for lights, rushed in, and trembling with fear, he fell down before Paul and Silas.

  • Acts 23:31
    65%

    31So the soldiers, in accordance with their orders, took Paul and brought him by night to Antipatris.

  • Acts 5:6
    65%

    6The young men arose, wrapped his body, carried him out, and buried him.

  • Acts 27:30
    65%

    30The sailors tried to escape from the ship, lowering the lifeboat into the sea under the pretense of laying out anchors from the bow.

  • Acts 11:30
    65%

    30They did this, sending their gift to the elders by Barnabas and Saul.

  • Acts 22:9
    65%

    9Now those who were with me saw the light, but they did not understand the voice of the one who was speaking to me.

  • Acts 22:6
    65%

    6But as I was traveling and approaching Damascus, about noon, a bright light from heaven suddenly flashed around me.

  • Acts 11:25
    65%

    25Then Barnabas went to Tarsus to look for Saul.

  • 1 Sam 19:10
    65%

    10Saul attempted to pin David to the wall with his spear, but David dodged, and the spear struck the wall. David fled and escaped that night.

  • Acts 6:12
    65%

    12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes. They came upon him, seized him, and brought him to the council.

  • Acts 23:15
    65%

    15Now then, you and the council should notify the commander to bring Paul down to you, as though you are going to investigate his case more thoroughly. We are ready to kill him before he gets here.

  • Acts 5:21
    65%

    21At daybreak, they entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

  • Acts 19:30
    65%

    30Paul wanted to go in before the crowd, but the disciples would not let him.