None of what he said before did he confirm, but here he confirms and verifies, perhaps because what he said here had taken place long ago and was not so clear, whereas what he had recounted earlier, such as the afflictions and the like, was known to the Corinthians.
2 Cor. 11:32. In Damascus, the governor under King Aretas guarded the city of Damascus in order to seize me,
Look how strong the struggle was, if on account of him the governor was guarding the city. The ruler of the people, of course, would not have acted thus if the zeal of Paul had not inflamed everyone. Aretas was the father-in-law of Herod.
2 Cor. 11:33. And I was let down in a basket through a window by the wall and escaped his hands.
He fled, fulfilling the law of the Lord: for the Lord Himself also passed from place to place. One must not subject oneself to temptations. Where calamities are unavoidable, one must rely only on God and ask and expect deliverance from Him; but when the temptation is beyond one's strength, one must also seek one's own means, yet even in this case one must attribute everything to God, including the fact that the apostle was saved in a basket. Although he greatly desired to be with Christ, he also loved the salvation of people and preserved himself for preaching.