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Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked. Once I spent a whole night and a day adrift at sea. <a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a> Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; <a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have passed a night and a day in the deep sea; <a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a> 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; <a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a> Three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I have been in the deep; <a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift at sea. <a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. <a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent in the deep. <a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked—a night and a day I have spent in the deep. <a href="/amp/2_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have spent adrift on the sea; <a href="/csb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea. <a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods by the Romans. Once I was stoned by my enemies. Three times I was shipwrecked. I have spent a night and a day in the open sea. <a href="/asv/2_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; <a href="/cev/2_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Three times the Romans beat me with a big stick, and once my enemies stoned me. I have been shipwrecked three times, and I even had to spend a night and a day in the sea. <a href="/erv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep; <a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> three times Roman officials had me beaten with clubs. Once people tried to stone me to death; three times I was shipwrecked, and I drifted on the sea for a night and a day. <a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> three times I was whipped by the Romans; and once I was stoned. I have been in three shipwrecks, and once I spent twenty-four hours in the water. <a href="/isv/2_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> Three times I was beaten with a stick, once I was pelted with stones, three times I was shipwrecked, and I drifted on the sea for a day and a night. <a href="/msb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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. <a href="/net/2_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with a rod. Once I received a stoning. Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. <a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep. <a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep; <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea. <a href="/web/2_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I suffered shipwreck. I have been a night and a day in the deep. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I have passed a night and a day in the deep; <a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I have passed a night and a day in the deep sea; <a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a night and a day in the deep I have passed; <a href="/slt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thrice was I scourged with rods, once was I stoned, thrice suffered I shipwreck, I have made a night and day in the deep;<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Thrice was I beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I was in the depth of the sea. <a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Three times, I was beaten with rods. One time, I was stoned. Three times, I was shipwrecked. For a night and a day, I was in the depths of the sea. <a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, I passed a night and a day on the deep; <a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I received a stoning. Three times I was shipwrecked; for a night and a day I was adrift at sea;<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was in shipwreck, a day and a night I have been adrift in the sea in shipwreck. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Three times I have been scourged with rods, one time I was stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, a day and a night I have been in the sea without a ship,<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> three times I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; three times I have been shipwrecked; a night and a day I spent in the deep. <a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice was I shipwrecked, a day and a night I spent in the deep. <a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> Thrice I have been scourged with rods, once I have been stoned, thrice I have suffered shipwreck, a whole night and day I have passed in the deep; <a href="/mace/2_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a> thrice was I whip'd with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I was shipwreck'd; a night and a day I was floating on the deep: <a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> Three times I have been beaten with Roman rods, once I have been stoned, three times I have been shipwrecked, once for full four and twenty hours I was floating on the open sea. <a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> thrice I was beaten with rods; once I was stoned; thrice I suffered shipwreck; a night and a day I have spent in the deep; <a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> Thrice I have been beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I have been shipwrecked, and was a night and a day on the deep: <a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/11-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=2109" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Paul's Suffering and Service</a> …24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. 25<a href="/greek/5151.htm" title="5151: tris (Adv) -- Three times. Adverb from treis; three times.">Three times</a> <a href="/greek/4463.htm" title="4463: erabdisthēn (V-AIP-1S) -- To beat with rods, scourge. From rhabdos; to strike with a stick, i.e. Bastinado.">I was beaten with rods,</a> <a href="/greek/530.htm" title="530: hapax (Adv) -- Once, once for all. Probably from hapas; one time.">once</a> <a href="/greek/3034.htm" title="3034: elithasthēn (V-AIP-1S) -- To stone, pelt with stones. From lithos; to lapidate.">I was stoned,</a> <a href="/greek/5151.htm" title="5151: tris (Adv) -- Three times. Adverb from treis; three times.">three times</a> <a href="/greek/3489.htm" title="3489: enauagēsa (V-AIA-1S) -- From a compound of naus and ago; to be shipwrecked, literally or figuratively.">I was shipwrecked.</a> <a href="/greek/4160.htm" title="4160: pepoiēka (V-RIA-1S) -- (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do.">I spent</a> <a href="/greek/3574.htm" title="3574: nychthēmeron (N-ANS) -- A night and day, twenty-four hours. From nux and hemera; a day-and-night, i.e. Full day of twenty-four hours.">a night and a day</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tō (Art-DMS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/1037.htm" title="1037: bythō (N-DMS) -- The deep sea, the bottom. A variation of bathos; depth, i.e. the sea.">open sea.</a> 26In 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,…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a> Then some Jews arrived from Antioch and Iconium and won over the crowds. They stoned Paul and dragged him outside the city, presuming he was dead. <a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22-23</a> The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods. / And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. <a href="/acts/27-41.htm">Acts 27:41-44</a> But the ship struck a sandbar and ran aground. The bow stuck fast and would not move, and the stern was being broken up by the pounding of the waves. / The soldiers planned to kill the prisoners so none of them could swim to freedom. / But the centurion, wanting to spare Paul’s life, thwarted their plan. He commanded those who could swim to jump overboard first and get to land. ... <a href="/acts/28-1.htm">Acts 28:1-5</a> Once we were safely ashore, we learned that the island was called Malta. / The islanders showed us extraordinary kindness. They kindled a fire and welcomed all of us because it was raining and cold. / Paul gathered a bundle of sticks, and as he laid them on the fire, a viper, driven out by the heat, fastened itself to his hand. ... <a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11</a> To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless. <a href="/1_corinthians/15-30.htm">1 Corinthians 15:30-32</a> And why do we endanger ourselves every hour? / I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. / If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” <a href="/romans/8-35.htm">Romans 8:35</a> Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall trouble or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or danger or sword? <a href="/philippians/1-29.htm">Philippians 1:29-30</a> For it has been granted to you on behalf of Christ not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for Him, / since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. <a href="/1_thessalonians/2-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:2</a> As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God. <a href="/2_timothy/3-11.htm">2 Timothy 3:11</a> my persecutions, and the sufferings that came upon me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from all of them. <a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17-18</a> But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues. / On My account you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles. <a href="/matthew/20-19.htm">Matthew 20:19</a> and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.” <a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9</a> 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. <a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12</a> But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors. <a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a> Remember the word that I spoke to you: ‘No servant is greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will persecute you as well; if they kept My word, they will keep yours as well.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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;I beaten.<a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22,23,33,37</a> And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them… <a href="/acts/22-24.htm">Acts 22:24</a> The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.once.<a href="/matthew/21-35.htm">Matthew 21:35</a> And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.<a href="/acts/7-58.htm">Acts 7:58,59</a> And cast him out of the city, and stoned him: and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul… <a href="/acts/14-5.htm">Acts 14:5,19</a> And when there was an assault made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, … thrice.<a href="/acts/27-1.htm">Acts 27:1-44</a> And when it was determined that we should sail into Italy, they delivered Paul and certain other prisoners unto one named Julius, a centurion of Augustus' band… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/8-16.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-8.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/acts/27-29.htm">Four</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-6.htm">Full</a> <a href="/acts/19-34.htm">Hours</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/11-23.htm">Night</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/5-16.htm">Once</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-2.htm">Open</a> <a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Rods</a> <a href="/acts/23-27.htm">Roman</a> <a href="/john/19-1.htm">Scourged</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-2.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/acts/28-11.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">Shipwreck</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">Shipwrecked</a> <a href="/romans/13-12.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/7-12.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/14-29.htm">Three</a> <a href="/acts/11-10.htm">Thrice</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">Times</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/10-8.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Whipped</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/ephesians/3-17.htm">Deep</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-10.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/galatians/3-17.htm">Four</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/13-4.htm">Full</a> <a href="/john/11-9.htm">Hours</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Night</a> <a href="/galatians/1-16.htm">Once</a> <a href="/ephesians/6-19.htm">Open</a> <a href="/genesis/30-37.htm">Rods</a> <a href="/2_timothy/1-15.htm">Roman</a> <a href="/leviticus/19-20.htm">Scourged</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-26.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-7.htm">Ship</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">Shipwreck</a> <a href="/1_timothy/1-19.htm">Shipwrecked</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-15.htm">Spent</a> <a href="/hebrews/11-37.htm">Stoned</a> <a href="/galatians/3-4.htm">Suffered</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-8.htm">Three</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-8.htm">Thrice</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-27.htm">Times</a> <a href="/revelation/4-4.htm">Twenty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm">Whipped</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 11</div>1. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,</a> 5. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">of his equality with the chief apostles,</a> 7. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;</a> 13. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;</a> 23. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">and in the service of Christ, and in all kinds of sufferings for his ministry, far superior.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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This punishment was typically reserved for non-citizens, but Paul, a Roman citizen, endured it multiple times, highlighting his willingness to suffer for the Gospel. The Acts of the Apostles (<a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22-23</a>) records an instance in Philippi where Paul and Silas were beaten with rods, illustrating the physical persecution faced by early Christians. This suffering aligns with Jesus' teachings on persecution (<a href="/matthew/5-10.htm">Matthew 5:10-12</a>) and reflects the apostolic commitment to spreading the Gospel despite severe opposition.once I was stoned Stoning was a Jewish form of capital punishment for blasphemy and other serious offenses. Paul’s stoning, recorded in <a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a>, occurred in Lystra, where he was dragged out of the city and left for dead. This event underscores the intense hostility Paul faced from both Jews and Gentiles. Stoning was intended to be lethal, yet Paul survived, demonstrating God's protection and purpose for his ministry. This experience parallels the suffering of Christ, who was rejected and condemned by His own people (<a href="/john/1-11.htm">John 1:11</a>), and it fulfills Jesus' prophecy that His followers would face persecution (<a href="/john/15-20.htm">John 15:20</a>).three times I was shipwrecked Paul's mention of being shipwrecked three times is significant, as only one shipwreck is detailed in the New Testament (Acts 27). This indicates that Paul experienced other shipwrecks not recorded in Scripture, emphasizing the dangers of ancient sea travel and the Apostle's relentless missionary journeys. The Mediterranean Sea was notorious for its unpredictable weather and perilous conditions, making travel hazardous. Paul's perseverance through such trials reflects his dedication to spreading the Gospel and his reliance on God's providence, reminiscent of Jonah's journey and deliverance (Jonah 1-2).I spent a night and a day in the open sea This phrase highlights the severity of Paul's shipwreck experiences, as surviving in the open sea for an extended period was perilous. The Apostle's endurance through such life-threatening situations underscores his unwavering faith and commitment to his mission. This ordeal can be seen as a testament to God's sustaining power, similar to how God preserved Jonah in the belly of the great fish (<a href="/jonah/1-17.htm">Jonah 1:17</a>). Paul's survival serves as a metaphor for spiritual perseverance, echoing the promise of God's presence and deliverance in times of trial (<a href="/isaiah/43-2.htm">Isaiah 43:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a> The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is recounting his sufferings for the sake of the Gospel. His experiences highlight his dedication and the trials he faced in his ministry. 2. <a href="/topical/c/corinth.htm">Corinth</a> The city to which Paul is writing. Corinth was a major city in ancient Greece, known for its wealth and immorality, and the church there faced many challenges. 3. <a href="/topical/b/beaten_with_rods.htm">Beaten with Rods</a> A form of Roman punishment that Paul endured three times. This reflects the physical persecution he faced for preaching the Gospel. 4. <a href="/topical/s/stoned.htm">Stoned</a> Refers to the event in Lystra (<a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a>) where Paul was stoned and left for dead, illustrating the severe opposition he encountered. 5. <a href="/topical/s/shipwrecked.htm">Shipwrecked</a> Paul mentions being shipwrecked three times, emphasizing the dangers of his missionary journeys. The book of Acts records one such event in detail (Acts 27).<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_suffering.htm">Endurance in Suffering</a> Paul's recounting of his sufferings serves as a powerful example of enduring hardship for the sake of Christ. Believers are encouraged to remain steadfast in their faith despite trials. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a> Following Christ may involve significant personal sacrifice. Paul's experiences remind us that true discipleship often comes with a cost. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_trials.htm">God's Sovereignty in Trials</a> Despite the numerous dangers Paul faced, God's sovereignty is evident in preserving him for His purposes. Believers can trust in God's control over their circumstances. <a href="/topical/w/witness_through_suffering.htm">Witness Through Suffering</a> Paul's sufferings became a testimony to the power and truth of the Gospel. Our own trials can serve as a witness to others of God's faithfulness. <a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_ministry.htm">Perseverance in Ministry</a> Paul's relentless commitment to his mission, despite numerous setbacks, challenges us to persevere in our own ministries and callings.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_2_corinthians_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from 2 Corinthians 11</a> <a href="/q/are_paul's_hardships_historically_supported.htm">2 Corinthians 11:23–27 – Are Paul’s extensive hardships, including multiple shipwrecks, supported by any historical or archaeological records? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_paul_foresee_the_shipwreck.htm">In Acts 27:9–10, how could Paul, with no maritime expertise, accurately predict the ship’s disaster when seasoned sailors disagreed? </a> <a href="/q/is_paul's_survival_in_acts_14_19_plausible.htm">How does Acts 14:19’s account of Paul surviving stoning align with historical or medical plausibility? </a> <a href="/q/external_proof_of_paul's_5_floggings.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 – Where is external evidence that Paul was flogged five times by Jewish authorities, since such punishments were well-documented elsewhere? </a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/2_corinthians/11.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) Once was I stoned.--Here the Acts (<a href="/acts/14-19.htm" title="And there came thither certain Jews from Antioch and Iconium, who persuaded the people, and having stoned Paul, drew him out of the city, supposing he had been dead.">Acts 14:19</a>) give us the solitary instance at Lystra. The accuracy of the Apostle in referring to this form of suffering, where we can compare it with the history, may fairly be urged as evidence of a like accuracy in his other statements.Thrice I suffered shipwreck.--Again we have a picture of unrecorded sufferings, which we must refer either to the period of his life between his departure from Jerusalem (<a href="/acts/9-30.htm" title="Which when the brothers knew, they brought him down to Caesarea, and sent him forth to Tarsus.">Acts 9:30</a>) and his arrival at Antioch (<a href="/acts/11-26.htm" title="And when he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.">Acts 11:26</a>), or to voyages among the islands of the 'gean Sea during his stay at Corinth or at Ephesus, or to that from Ephesus to Caesarea in <a href="/acts/18-22.htm" title="And when he had landed at Caesarea, and gone up, and saluted the church, he went down to Antioch.">Acts 18:22</a>.A night and a day I have been in the deep.--Taken in their natural sense the words probably point to one of the shipwrecks just mentioned, in which, either swimming or with the help of a plank (as in <a href="/acts/27-44.htm" title="And the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.">Acts 27:44</a>), he had kept himself floating for nearly a whole day, beginning with the night. They have, however, been referred by some writers to a dungeon pit, like that into which Jeremiah was cast (<a href="/jeremiah/38-6.htm" title="Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.">Jeremiah 38:6</a>), in which the Apostle was either thrown or hid himself after the stoning at Lystra. Bede (Qucest. iii. 8) relates, on the authority of Archbishop Theodore of Canterbury--whose evidence, as a native of Tarsus, has here a special interest--that there was such a dungeon known by the name of Bythos (the word used here for "deep") in his time at Cyzicus, and, if so, it is probable enough that the same use of the word may have prevailed in other cities. So at Athens there was a dungeon known as the barathron--a word used also for a "gulf." On the whole, however, though the conjecture is interesting enough to deserve mention, there seems no adequate reason for adopting it. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 25. - Thrice was I beaten with rods. This alludes to scourgings inflicted by Gentile magistrates with the vitis, or vine stick, of soldiers, or with the fasces of lictors. Only one of these horrible scourgings, which likewise often ended in death, is narrated in the Acts (<a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22</a>). We do not know when the others were inflicted. In any case they were egregious violations of St. Paul's right of Roman citizenship; but this claim (as we see in Cicero's various orations) was often set at nought in the provinces. Once was I stoned. At Lystra (<a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a>). Thrice I suffered shipwreck. Not one of these shipwrecks is narrated in the Acts. The shipwreck of <a href="/acts/27.htm">Acts 27</a>, took place some years later. A night and a day I have been in the deep. An allusion, doubtless, to his escape from one of the shipwrecks by floating for twenty-four hours on a plank in the stormy sea. We have no right to assume that the deliverance was miraculous. The perfect tense shows St. Paul's vivid reminiscence of this special horror. "In the deep" means "floating on the deep waves." Theophylact explains the words ἐν βυθῷ to mean "in Bythos," and says that it was a place near Lystra, apparently like the Athenian Barathrum and the Spartan Caeadas - a place where the bodies of criminals were thrown. The word does not occur elsewhere in the New Testament. <a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/11-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>Three times τρὶς (tris) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5151.htm">Strong's 5151: </a> Three times. Adverb from treis; three times. I was beaten with rods, ἐραβδίσθην (erabdisthēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4463.htm">Strong's 4463: </a> To beat with rods, scourge. From rhabdos; to strike with a stick, i.e. Bastinado. once ἅπαξ (hapax) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_530.htm">Strong's 530: </a> Once, once for all. Probably from hapas; one time. I was stoned, ἐλιθάσθην (elithasthēn) Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3034.htm">Strong's 3034: </a> To stone, pelt with stones. From lithos; to lapidate. three times τρὶς (tris) Adverb <a href="/greek/strongs_5151.htm">Strong's 5151: </a> Three times. Adverb from treis; three times. I was shipwrecked. ἐναυάγησα (enauagēsa) Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3489.htm">Strong's 3489: </a> From a compound of naus and ago; to be shipwrecked, literally or figuratively. I spent πεποίηκα (pepoiēka) Verb - Perfect Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4160.htm">Strong's 4160: </a> (a) I make, manufacture, construct, (b) I do, act, cause. Apparently a prolonged form of an obsolete primary; to make or do. a night and a day νυχθήμερον (nychthēmeron) Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3574.htm">Strong's 3574: </a> A night and day, twenty-four hours. From nux and hemera; a day-and-night, i.e. Full day of twenty-four hours. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῷ (tō) Article - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. open [sea]. βυθῷ (bythō) Noun - Dative Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_1037.htm">Strong's 1037: </a> The deep sea, the bottom. 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