Acts 9:25

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

Cross-references

Acts 9:30 Historical context

Acts 9:30 continues the escape narrative, showing the brothers sending Paul to Caesarea and Tarsus.

1 Samuel 19:12 tells of Michal letting David down through a window, an identical method of escape as Saul's basket lowering.

2 Corinthians 11:33 recounts the same event in Paul's own words: being let down in a basket through a wall window.

In Matthew 10:23, Jesus instructs fleeing persecution, which Paul's nighttime escape in a basket directly exemplifies.

2 Corinthians 11:32 gives Paul's own account of the same event: being let down in a basket from the wall.

Joshua 2:15 Typology

Joshua 2:15 has Rahab lowering spies through a window by a rope, prefiguring the disciples' escape method for Saul.