2 Corinthians 11:23
if they are ministers of the Meshiha,-I speak with defectiveness of mind,-I exceed then! In labours I exceed them, in stripes I exceed them, in chains I exceed them, in deaths many times.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
24From the Jihudoyee, five times, forty (stripes) wanting one have I devoured;
Cross References
Acts 14:19But there came thither Jihudoyee from Ikanon and from Antiokia, and stirred up against them the people; and they stoned Paulos, and dragged him out of the city, because they thought that he was dead.
Acts 20:23Nevertheless, the Spirit of Holiness in every city testifieth to me and saith, that bonds and afflictions are for me.
Acts 24:26For he hoped that a bribe would be given him by Paulos, and on this account he continually sent to bring him, and to speak with him.
Acts 27:1And Festos commanded concerning him that he should be sent unto Caesar in Italia. And he delivered Paulos, and other prisoners with him, to a certain man, a centurion of the band of Sebaste, whose name was Julios.
Acts 28:30And Paulos hired his own house, and was in it two years, and received there all those who came to him.
1 Corinthians 3:5For who is Paulos, or who Apollo, but ministers by whom you have believed and each as the Lord gave to him?
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 →