In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king guarded the city of Damascus with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
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Ambrosiaster
AD 400
The governor of Damascus, seeing that the Jews had set a trap for the apostle, wanted to bring this wicked scheme to pass by a wrongful use of his power. He intended to capture Paul both in order to keep the Jews happy and to demonstrate that he was doing his job properly. This occurred at the very beginning of Paul’s ministry. Commentary on Paul’s Epistles.
