2 Corinthians 11:24
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.
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 perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren;
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.
Compare
- 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;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Mark 13:9
But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 25:2–3
And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
Read in contextMatthew 10:17
But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Read in context