the gates. The \rorcls of the Damascenes (rrjv Aa fxao-K-rjvCJv TToXiv) are omitted in the original edition of 1611 of King James's version, but are now found in all the copies. With a garrison. The word is simply €<f)povp€Lj he kept^ or guarded. Desirous to apprehend me. The governor set a guard at the gates to seize the apostle should he attempt to leave the city.
33. And through a whidow in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.
Through a window, 5vpt9, a little door., or aperture. This was either an aperture in the wall itself, or, as is more proba- ble, a window of a house built upon the walls of the city. A representation of these overhanging houses as still to be seen on the walls of Damascus, may be found in Conybeare and Howson's life of St. Paul, p. 98 of the 8vo. edition. The same mode of escape was adopted by the spies mentioned in Joshua 2, 15, and by David, 1 Sam. 19, 12.