2 Corinthians 11:23
Ministers of Christ, are they? As one deranged I am talking, I, above measure!—in toils, superabundantly, in prisons, superabundantly, in stripes, to excess, in deaths, oft,—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22Hebrews, are they? I also, Israelites, are they? I also, seed of Abraham, are they? I also,
24From Jews, five times, forty-save-one, have I received,
Cross References
Acts 14:19But there came thither, from Antioch and Iconium, Jews, and, persuading the multitudes, and stoning Paul, they dragged him outside the city, supposing him to be dead.
Acts 20:23save that, the Holy Spirit, from city to city, doth bear me full witness, saying that, bonds and tribulations, await me.
Acts 24:26at the same time, also hoping that, money, would be given him by Paul; wherefore also, the more frequently sending for him, he used to converse with him.
Acts 27:1Now, when it was determined that we should sail for Italy, they proceeded to deliver Paul, and certain other prisoners, unto a centurion by name Julius, of an Augustan band.
Acts 28:30And he abode two whole years in his own hired house, and made welcome all who were coming in unto him,—
1 Corinthians 3:5What then is Apollos? and, what is Paul? ministers through whom ye 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 →