2 Corinthians 11:32

32. In Damascus The narrative in Acts 9:23-25, (where see notes,) agrees with this, except that Luke specifies only the Jewish share of the plot against St. Paul.

Governor Ethnarch, or viceroy. See note to Matthew 2:22.

With a garrison Probably an extemporized garrison of Jews.

Apprehend me Paul’s only crime as viewed by the Jews there, as with these Judaizers here in Corinth, was his embodying Gentiles into an uncircumcised Christianity. In a question of this kind the ethnarch could have felt no opposition to Paul; and the true solution of his hostility is probably furnished by Michaelis, (quoted by Meyer:) “Jewish gold probably accounts for the conduct of the emir.”