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The Disciples Who Held the Rope

The Disciples Who Held the Rope (descriptive)The Unnamed Disciples in Damascus (descriptive)

The unnamed believers in Damascus who risked execution at midnight to place newly converted Saul of Tarsus inside a woven basket and lower him through an opening in the city wall — saving the life of the author of half the New Testament.

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Historical Era The Early Church

Featured In Season 13

Key Passage Acts 9:19–25

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Damascus

Acts 9:19, 25

Not everyone is called to sit in the basket and write thirteen books of the Bible, but without the unnamed rope-holders on top of the wall in the dark, the man in the basket hits the rocks.

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Days after Saul of Tarsus regained his sight in Damascus and began proclaiming in the synagogues that Jesus is the Son of God, his former allies plotted to kill him and stationed guards with the governor under King Aretas at every city gate day and night (Acts 9:20–24; 2 Corinthians 11:32).

With every gate blocked, a group of ordinary Damascus believers whose names are never recorded in Scripture stepped into the gap. Taking Saul by night to a house built into the city wall, they placed the future apostle inside a large woven basket (Greek: spuris / sargane) and held the ropes with their own hands, lowering him down through a window in the wall to safety (Acts 9:25; 2 Corinthians 11:33).

How Students Search & Remember The Disciples Who Held the Rope:

“unnamed disciples who lowered saul in a basket through the wall”“held the rope for paul at damascus at night”“acts 9:25 and 2 corinthians 11:33 basket escape”

ESV Scripture Index:

Acts 9:19–252 Corinthians 11:32–33

Season 13 • Episode 3 Main Character Acts 9 & 2 Corinthians 11

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