2 Corinthians 11:24

Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

In Context

23Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.

25Three times I was whipped with rods, once I was stoned, three times the ship I was in came to destruction at sea, a night and a day I have been in the water;

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Cross References

Matthew 10:17But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

Matthew Henry on 2 Corinthians 11:23-33

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. ( a. d. 57.) 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. 23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft. 24 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. 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; 26 In journeyings often, in… Read the whole commentary →

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