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JW : This Thread will consider the evidence that 2 Corinthians 11:32-33 : 2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: 2 Corinthians 11:33 and through a window was I let down in a basket by the wall, and escaped his hands...

JW: Here is the Textual Criticism for the offending verse here: http://lovewins.us/bible/compare/2%20Corinthians%2011:32 32 G1722 εν IN G1154 δαμασκω DAMASCUS G3588 ο THE G1481 εθναρχης ETHNARCH G702 αρετα OF ARETAS G3588 του THE G935 βασιλεως KING G5432 (G5707) εφρουρει WAS GUARDING G3588 την THE ...

Bernard, I have no point to make other than to mention that your common sense and research is very impressive to me. You seem willing to commit to reasonable conclusions whereas others here seem to be afraid of following the common sense approach in favor of making unreasonable demands of the histo...

JW: It would be unnatural to only identify a king and a city if that king was not king of that city Here you go again. Are you really saying that? I can find examples where a king and a city is mentioned in a sentence, without that king being the ruler of that city. Here is one from Josephus, Ant. ...

to JW, The above mentions one city, Damascus, and one King, Aretas. Therefore, the natural understanding is that it means that Aretas was King of Damascus. So, if I write, "in New York city, Abdullah the king ...", that king would be the king of NYC? JW : Great example. For me. If someone...

JW : I've tasked dissenters of error here with attempted discovery of writings contemporary to Paul, that present: 1) One King ( It's good to be the King ) 2) One jurisdiction and the King presented is not the King of the jurisdiction presented. Such an arduous task, I feel compelled to lend my sup...

JW : Regarding 2 Corinthians 11:32 : In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: (ASV) this Thread will: Identify Inventory Evaluate evidence determining whether or not Aretas was King of Damascus at the time described in 2 Corinthians 11:3...

JW Peter, can you split this Thread into two. I think there are two errors here: 1) Aretas was King of Damascus at the time described by 2 Corinthians 11:32. 2) Aretas had an Ethnarch in Damascus at the time described by 2 Corinthians 11:32. An Apologetic technique (I'm not saying there are Apologi...

Textual Healing's Good for Jews JW : 2 Corinthians 11:32 In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of the Damascenes in order to take me: (ASV) My previous inventory of reasons to think that the offending verse is in error for indicating that Aretas was King of Damascus at thi...

JW : To the Lab: 2 Corinthians 11:32 Strong's----Transliteration- Greek------English---- Morphology 1722 [e]--- en-----------------ἐν-----------In----------Prep 1154 [e]--- Damaskō-- -------Δαμασκῷ--Damascus-N-DFS 3588 [e]--- ho-----------------ὁ-----------the----------Art-NMS 1481 [e]--- ethnarchē...