2 Corinthians 11:25

2 Corinthians 11:25

23 Are they ministers of Christ?—I speak as a fool—I am more: ^ain labors more abundant, ^bin stripes above measure, in prisons more frequently, ^cin deaths often.

24 From the Jews five times I received ^aforty ^bstripes minus one.

25 Three times I was ^abeaten with rods; ^bonce I was stoned; three times I ^cwas shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep;

26 in journeys often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, ^ain perils of my own countrymen, ^bin perils of the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;

27 in weariness and toil, ^ain sleeplessness often, ^bin hunger and thirst, in ^cfastings often, in cold and nakedness—

28 besides the other things, what comes upon me daily: ^amy deep concern for all the churches.

29 ^aWho is weak, and I am not weak? Who is made to stumble, and I do not burn with indignation?

30 If I must boast, ^aI will boast in the things which concern my¹ infirmity.

31 ^aThe God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^bwho is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.

32 ^aIn Damascus the governor, under Aretas the king, was guarding the city of the Damascenes with a garrison, desiring to arrest me;

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

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Thrice was I beaten with rods (triv errabdisqhn). Roman (Gentile) punishment. It was forbidden to Roman citizens by the Lex Porcia, but Paul endured it in Philippi (Acts 16:23, Acts 16:37), the only one of the three named in Acts. First aorist passive of rabdizw, from rabdov, rod, Koin‚ word, in N.T. only here and Acts 16:22 which see.

Once was I stoned (apac eliqasqhn). Once for all apac means. At Lystra (Acts 14:5-19). On liqazw Koin‚ verb from liqov, see on Acts 5:26.

Thrice I suffered shipwreck (triv enauaghsa). First aorist active of nauagew, from nauagov, shipwrecked (nauv, ship, agnumi, to break). Old and common verb, in N.T. only here and I Timothy 1:19. We know nothing of these. The one told in Acts 27 was much later. What a pity that we have no data for all these varied experiences of Paul.

Night and day (nuxqhmeron) Rare word. Papyri give nukthmar with the same idea (night-day).

Have I been in the deep (en tw buqw pepoihka). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of poiew, "I have done a night and day in the deep." The memory of it survives like a nightmare. Buqov is old word (only here in N.T.) for bottom, depth of the sea, then the sea itself. Paul does not mean that he was a night and day under the water, not a Jonah experience, only that he was far out at sea and shipwrecked. This was one of the three shipwrecks-already named.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 2 Corinthians 11:25:**

John 10:31
Acts 13:50
Acts 14:19
Acts 16:22
Acts 27:9
1 Timothy 1:19

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