John Chrysostom

See for instance here, how he was content to evade the siege, by being "let down through a window in a basket." For though he were even desirous "to depart hence;" still nevertheless he also passionately affected the salvation of men. And therefore he ofttimes had recourse even to such devices as these, preserving himself for the Preaching; and he refused not to use even human contrivances when the occasion called for them; so sober and watchful was he. …

Homily 25 on 2 Corinthians ↗

Theophylact of Ohrid

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. …

Commentary on 2 Corinthians ↗

Augustine of Hippo

And the apostle Paul, when he was let down from the window in a basket so that his enemy might not capture him and so escaped from his hands, did he deprive the church, which was there, of a necessary ministry, and was that duty not discharged by other brothers appointed for that purpose? The apostle so acted in deference to their wishes that he might save himself for the church, since he was the only one whom the persecutor was seeking. …

LETTER 228, To Honoratus ↗