2Cor 11:32-33 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for 2Cor 11:32-33: 11:32-33 As a final “boast” of his weakness, Paul tells the story of his escape from Damascus a few years after his conversion (see Acts 9:23-25 ; Gal 1:15-18 ). • King Aretas IV of Nabataea controlled Damascus only after AD 37, following the death of the emperor Tiberius (see Josephus, Antiquities 18.5.1-3); the mention of Aretas dates Paul’s escape from Damascus between AD 37 and the end of Aretas’s reign in AD 39 or 40.

a11:32-33►

bActs 9:23-25►

cGal 1:15-18►

‏ 2 Corinthians 11:32-33

Summary for 2Cor 11:32-33: 11:32-33 ^a As a final “boast” of his weakness, Paul tells the story of his escape from Damascus a few years after his conversion (see Acts 9:23-25 ^b; Gal 1:15-18 ^c).

• King Aretas IV of Nabataea controlled Damascus only after AD 37, following the death of the emperor Tiberius (see Josephus, Antiquities 18.5.1-3); the mention of Aretas dates Paul’s escape from Damascus between AD 37 and the end of Aretas’s reign in AD 39 or 40.