Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Forsaken (egkataleipomenoi). Double compound of old verb eg-kata-leipw, to leave behind, to leave in the lurch.
Smitten down (kataballomenoi). As if overtaken.
Destroyed (apollumenoi). Perishing as in verse II Corinthians 4:3. Was Paul referring to Lystra when the Jews stoned him and thought him dead?
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 4:9:
John 15:20
1 Corinthians 4:12
2 Corinthians 4:8
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