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Acts 9:25

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Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.
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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:33Rank 1 from verse 25
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    33And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.

  2. Joshua 2:15Rank 2 from verse 25
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    15Then she let them down by a cord through the window: for her house was upon the town wall, and she dwelt upon the wall.

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    11Saul also sent messengers unto David’s house, to watch him, and to slay him in the morning: and Michal David’s wife told him, saying, If thou save not thy life to night, to morrow thou shalt be slain.

    12¶ So Michal let David down through a window: and he went, and fled, and escaped.

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Acts 9:25

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night

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1. The dark part of the daily cycle distinguished from day, from evening until morning, or any portion of it. 2. A time or condition compared with night or darkness.

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let

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Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.

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wall

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Sense 1: A structure raised to enclose, divide, or defend a place. Sense 2: Figuratively, a defense or protection.

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in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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

25Then the disciples took him by night, and let him down by the wall in a basket.

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26And 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.

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