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2 Corinthians 11:24

Suffering

22 Are they Hebrews? So am I. Are they Israelites? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? So am I.

23 Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.

25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.

26 In my frequent journeys, I have been in danger from rivers and from bandits, in danger from my countrymen and from the Gentiles, in danger in the city and in the country, in danger on the sea and among false brothers,

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
KJV
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
WEB
Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews.
ASV
Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
DARBY
From the Jews five times have I received forty [stripes], save one.
BLB
Five times I received from the Jews forty [lashes] minus one.
ÅB
Av jødene har jeg fem ganger fått førti slag på ett nær;
OTB
Fem ganger mottok jeg fra de jødiske myndighetene de førti slagene minus ett.
B1930
Av jødene har jeg fem ganger fått firti slag på ett nær;

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Cross references

  • Mark 13:9

    So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

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  • Deuteronomy 25:2–3

    If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.

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  • Matthew 10:17

    But beware of men; for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.

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