Acts 9:25

9:24 But their laying await was known of Saul. And they watched the gates day and night to kill him.

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

KJV

but his disciples took him by night, and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.

Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

9:26 And when Saul was come to Jerusalem, he assayed to join himself to the disciples: but they were all afraid of him, and believed not that he was a disciple.

What does Acts 9:25 mean?

Acts 9:25 is a verse in the book of Acts, in the New Testament. In the original Greek, key words include δέ (de), μαθητής (mathetes), λαμβάνω (lambano).

Greek interlinear

Thenδέde/deh/G1161a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.:--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).

the

disciplesμαθητήςmathetes/math-ay-tes'/G3101from 3129; a learner, i.e. pupil:--disciple.

tookλαμβάνωlambano/lam-ban'-o/G2983a prolonged form of a primary verb, which is use only as an alternate in certain tenses; to take (in very many applications, literally and figuratively (properly objective or active, to get hold of; whereas 1209 is rather subjective or passive, to have offered to one; while 138 is more violent, to seize or remove)):--accept, + be amazed, assay, attain, bring, X when I call, catch, come on (X unto), + forget, have, hold, obtain, receive (X after), take (away, up).

himαὐτόςautos/ow-tos'/G846from the particle au (perhaps akin to the base of 109 through the idea of a baffling wind) (backward); the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative 1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons:--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which. Compare 848.

night,νύξnux/noox/G3571a primary word; "night" (literally or figuratively):-- (mid-)night.

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downκαθίημιkathiemi/kath-ee'-ay-mee/G2524from 2596; and hiemi (to send); to lower:--let down.

byδιάdia/dee-ah'/G1223a primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through (in very wide applications, local, causal, or occasional):--after, always, among, at, to avoid, because of (that), briefly, by, for (cause) ... fore, from, in, by occasion of, of, by reason of, for sake, that, thereby, therefore, X though, through(-out), to, wherefore, with (-in). In composition it retains the same general importance.

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wallτεῖχοςteichos/ti'-khos/G5038akin to the base of 5088; a wall (as formative of a house):--wall.

inἐνen/en/G1722a primary preposition denoting (fixed) position (in place, time or state), and (by implication) instrumentality (medially or constructively), i.e. a relation of rest (intermediate between 1519 and 1537); "in," at, (up-)on, by, etc.:--about, after, against, + almost, X altogether, among, X as, at, before, between, (here-)by (+ all means), for (... sake of), + give self wholly to, (here-)in(-to, -wardly), X mightily, (because) of, (up-)on, (open-)ly, X outwardly, one, X quickly, X shortly, (speedi-)ly, X that, X there(-in, -on), through(-out), (un-)to(-ward), under, when, where(-with), while, with(-in). Often used in compounds, with substantially the same import; rarely with verbs of motion, and then not to indicate direction, except (elliptically) by a separate (and different) preposition.

basket.σπυρίς σφυρίςspuris/spoo-rece'/G4711from 4687 (as woven); a hamper or lunch-receptacle:--basket.

Topics

Barnabas Paul Walls Zeal, Religious

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What does Acts 9:25 say?

Acts 9:25 (King James Version) reads: "Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket."

Is Acts 9:25 in the Old or New Testament?

Acts 9:25 is in the New Testament of the Bible, in the book of Acts.

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