33 And through a window in a basket was I let down by the wall, and escaped his hands.



Ver. 33. And through a window, &c.] An honest shift, though against the Roman law of leaping over the walls. Quia leges semper ad aequitatem flectendae sunt, saith Cicero. The sense of the law is the law, and not always the letter. Apices iuris non sunt ius.



And escaped his hands] Of the lawfulness of flight in some cases. {See Trapp on "Mat_10:23"} {See Trapp on "Act_9:24"}