KJV ORIGINAL
Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
So his friends grabbed him in the middle of the night and literally lowered him down the city wall in a basket to get him out of there safely.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Sometimes your friends have to get creative to keep you safe.
📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?
The book of Acts was written by Luke, a companion of Paul, for Theophilus and a wider Gentile audience, likely in the mid-to-late first century CE. It was written to document the early history of the Christian church, detailing the spread of the gospel and the ministries of key apostles like Peter and Paul
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