2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they the ministers of Christ? (I speak as a mad man,) I am more; in labors more abundantly, in stripes more abundantly, in prisons more frequently, in deaths often;
1902 William Baxter Godbey NT
In The King James Version
In Context
24from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one,
Cross References
Acts 14:19But the Jews came from Antioch and Iconium, and having persuaded the multitudes, stoned Paul, dragged him out of the city, thinking that he was dead;
Acts 20:23except that the Holy Ghost in every city witnesses to me, saying that bonds and tribulations await me.
Acts 24:26at the same time also hoping that money will be given to him by Paul; therefore indeed the more frequently sending for him, he conversed with him.
Acts 27:1And when it was determined that we should sail away into Italy, they committed both Paul and certain other prisoners to the centurion, Julius by name, of the band of Augustus.
Acts 28:30And he spent a whole biennium in his own hired house, and received all those coming to him,
1 Corinthians 3:5Then what is Apollos? and what is Paul? But ministers through whom ye believed; even as the Lord gave to each one.
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 →