In Damascus the governor under Aretas the king kept the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desirous to apprehend me:
In Damascus the governor under King Aretas had the city of the Damascenes guarded in order to arrest me.
Ἐν Δαμασκῷ ὁ ἐθνάρχης Ἀρέτα τοῦ βασιλέως ἐφρούρει τὴν Δαμασκηνῶν πόλιν, πιάσαι με θέλων·
En Damaskō o ethnarchēs Areta toy basileōs ephroyrei tēn Damaskēnōn polin, piasai me thelōn·
