Aretas
아레다
Named at 2 Corinthians 11:32 as “King Aretas”: the writer (“I”) says, “In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.”
Direct relationships 0
Open in the full graphNo relationship is recorded yet.
Collected relationship evidence
Source-backed narrative relations; not independent historical verification. Legacy dates and coordinates are outside this review.
Collection & rightsSource evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CO 11:30–33, engwebp
30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.
32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
33I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.
AI-assisted, human review pending, 2026-09-26
Machine comparison on 2026-10-07: the wording raised none of the 3 rules against the passages this entry cites. No person has read it.
Unresolved interpretation: Escaping Damascus as told in Acts 9:19–25 and in 2 Corinthians 11:30–33
- Acts 9:22–25 says, “But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ. When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him, but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him, but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- ACT 9:19–25, engwebp
19He took food and was strengthened. Saul stayed several days with the disciples who were at Damascus.
20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
21All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
22But Saul increased more in strength, and confounded the Jews who lived at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.
23When many days were fulfilled, the Jews conspired together to kill him,
24but their plot became known to Saul. They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him,
25but his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.
- ACT 9:19–25, engwebp
- At 2 Corinthians 11:32–33 the writer (“I”) says, “In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me. I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CO 11:30–33, engwebp
30If I must boast, I will boast of the things that concern my weakness.
31The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forever more, knows that I don’t lie.
32In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
33I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.
- 2CO 11:30–33, engwebp
Acts 9:23–24 says that the Jews conspired together, that “their plot became known to Saul”, and that “They watched the gates both day and night that they might kill him”; 9:25 says, “his disciples took him by night and let him down through the wall, lowering him in a basket.” At 2 Corinthians 11:32–33 the writer (“I”) says, “In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me. I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall, and escaped his hands.” Acts 9:23–24 says the Jews conspired and watched the gates; 2 Corinthians 11:32 says the governor under King Aretas guarded the city. This collection relates neither account’s event to the other, and does not decide whether they tell of the same thing.
Verses tagged with this entry
Names in the World English Bible text that carry this entry’s tag. They are carried over from the tags on the Korean Revised Version, which are matched by name inside chapters that already have collected evidence, and a verse where the English says “he” carries none. All await human review. They are a separate list from the source passages above. An empty list does not mean the entry is absent from the text.
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.
Something looks wrong in this entry?
This prepares a report carrying the entry, what it currently says and what it cites, so a reviewer can act on it. The form for sending it is not open yet, so for now the report can only be copied.
Write what looks wrong first; a report without it cannot be acted on.
This is exactly what gets copied or sent:
[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Aretas (person-aretas) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/aretas Current wording: Named at 2 Corinthians 11:32 as “King Aretas”: the writer (“I”) says, “In Damascus the governor under King Aretas guarded the Damascenes’ city, desiring to arrest me.” Cited evidence: 2CO 11:30–33, engwebp Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.