2 Corinthians 11:25

Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;

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Word	Greek	Strong’s	Meaning
Thrice	τρὶς tris	G5151	three times · adverb
rods	ἐρραβδίσθην, errabdisthēn	G4463	to strike with a stick · verb — aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular
once	ἅπαξ hapax	G530	one (or a single) time (numerically or conclusively) · adverb
stoned	ἐλιθάσθην, elithasthēn	G3034	to lapidate · verb — aorist passive indicative, 1st person singular
thrice	τρὶς tris	G5151	three times · adverb
shipwreck	ἐναυάγησα, enauagēsa	G3489	to be shipwrecked (stranded · verb — aorist active indicative, 1st person singular
day	νυχθήμερον nuchthēmeron	G3574	a day-and-night · noun — accusative singular neuter
been	πεποίηκα· pepoiēka	G4160	to make or do (in a very wide application · verb — perfect active indicative, 1st person singular
in	ἐν en	G1722	"in · preposition
deep	βυθῷ buthō	G1037	depth · noun — dative singular masculine

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Cross-references

Acts 14:19 And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and, having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, s…
Acts 16:22-23 And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
Acts 16:33 And he took them the same hour of the night, and washed their stripes; and was baptized, he and all his, straightway.
Acts 16:37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out p…
Acts 27:1-44 And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurio…
Hebrews 11:37 They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being de…
Matthew 21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
Acts 7:58-59 And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man’s feet, whose name was Saul.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:22–end

Here the apostle gives a large account of his own qualifications, labours, and sufferings (not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who had enabled him to do and suffer so much for the cause of Christ), and wherein he excelled the false apostles, who would lessen his character and usefulness among the Corinthians. Observe, I. He mentions the privileges of his birth (Co2 11:22), which were equal to any they could pretend to. He was a Hebrew of the Hebrews; of a family among the Jews that never intermarried with the Gentiles. He was also an Israelite, and could boast of his being descended from the beloved Jacob as well as they, and was also of the seed of Abraham, and not of…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:25

The beating by Roman magistrates at Philippi (Act 16:23) is the only one recorded in Acts, which does not profess to give a complete journal of his life, but only a sketch of it in connection with the design of the book, namely, to give an outline of the history of the Gospel Church from its foundation at Jerusalem, to the period of its reaching Rome, the capital of the Gentile world. once was I stoned-- (Act 14:19). thrice . . . shipwreck--before the shipwreck at Melita (Act 27:44). Probably in some of his voyages from Tarsus, where he stayed for some time after his conversion, and from which, as being a seafaring place, he was likely to make missionary voyages to adjoining places (Act…

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Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:25

Thrice was I beaten with rods - This was under the Roman government, as their lictors beat criminals in this way. We hear of the apostle's being treated thus once, namely at Philippi, Act 16:22. See Section 9 of the Introduction. Once was I stoned - Namely, at Lystra, Act 14:19, etc. A night and a day I have been in the deep - To what this refers we cannot tell; it is generally supposed that in some shipwreck not on record the apostle had saved himself on a plank, and was a whole day and night on the sea, tossed about at the mercy of the waves. Others think that βυθος, the deep, signifies a dungeon of a terrible nature at Cyzicum, in the Propontis, into which Paul was cast as he passed from…

The Church Fathers

The East has grown luminous with the saints, with them the West has become brilliant, the North is raised up by them, from them the South has learned. They have ascended to the firmament and opened it, they have gone down to the sea and explored it.
— Ephrem the Syrian, HYMNS ON PARADISE 6.22

Paul suffered the beating with rods at the hands of Gentiles. He was stoned by the Jews in a city of Lycaonia. Someone who sailed as much as he did would easily have been shipwrecked three times. He was adrift at sea on his journey to Rome, when he had appealed to Caesar..
— Ambrosiaster, COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES

"Thrice was I beaten with rods once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck." And what has this to do with the Gospel? Because he went forth on long journeys; and those by sea. "A night and a day I have been in the deep." Some say this means out on the open sea, others, swimming upon it, which is also the truer interpretation. There is nothing wonderful, at least, about the former, nor would he have placed it as greater than his shipwrecks.
— John Chrysostom, Homily 25 on 2 Corinthians

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Dictionary and topics

Basket — There are five different Hebrew words so rendered in the Authorized Version: (1.) A basket (Heb. sal, a twig or osier) for holding bread (Gen. 40:16; Ex. 29:3, 23; Lev. 8:2, 26, 31; Num. 6:15, 17,…
Stoning — A form of punishment (Lev. 20:2; 24:14; Deut. 13:10; 17:5; 22:21) prescribed for certain offences. Of Achan (Josh. 7:25), Naboth (1 Kings 21), Stephen (Acts 7:59), Paul (Acts 14:19; 2 Cor. 11:25).
Persecution · OF THE RIGHTEOUS — OF THE RIGHTEOUS
Scourging · .Of Paul — .Of Paul
Sea, The · Called the: Deep — Called the: Deep
Ships · Were often wrecked — Were often wrecked
Stoning · .Paul — .Paul

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

2 Corinthians 11:25

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

2 Corinthians 11:25

Word by word — the Greek

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Corinthians 11:25

Adam Clarke on 2 Corinthians 11:25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on 2 Corinthians 11:25

John Calvin on 2 Corinthians 11:22-29

Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Corinthians 11:25