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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Five different times the Jewish leaders gave me thirty-nine lashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from <i>the</i> Jews <i>the</i> forty <i>lashes</i> minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times received I forty <i>stripes</i> save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/2_corinthians/11.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />From the Jews five times I received forty <i>stripes</i> minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine <i>lashes.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/2_corinthians/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine <i>lashes.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews forty <i>lashes</i> less one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/2_corinthians/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine <i>lashes.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received the forty lashes minus one from the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received 39 lashes from Jews. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/2_corinthians/11.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/2_corinthians/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Five times my own people gave me 39 lashes with a whip. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/2_corinthians/11.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/2_corinthians/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Five times the Jewish leaders had me beaten with 39 lashes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Five times I was given the thirty-nine lashes by the Jews; <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/2_corinthians/11.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews 40 lashes minus one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/2_corinthians/11.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />From the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/2_corinthians/11.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received forty stripes minus one from the Jews. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Five times I received from Jews forty [stripes] except one;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/blb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a></span><br />Five times I received from <i>the</i> Jews <i>the</i> forty <i>lashes</i> minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> from Jews five times forty stripes save one I did receive;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/2_corinthians/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times I received forty, except one.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times did I receive forty stripes, save one. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/2_corinthians/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />On five occasions, I received forty stripes, less one, from the Jews.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/2_corinthians/11.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Five times at the hands of the Jews I received forty lashes minus one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/2_corinthians/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Five times I have received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/2_corinthians/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />By the Jews I was scourged five times, each time forty stripes less one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/aramaic-plain-english/2_corinthians/11.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a></span><br />And I have been whipped by the Judeans five times with 40 stripes minus one.<div class="vheading2"><b>NT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/anderson/2_corinthians/11.htm">Anderson New Testament</a></span><br />From the Jews, five times I received forty stripes, save one;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/godbey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Godbey New Testament</a></span><br />from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/haweis/2_corinthians/11.htm">Haweis New Testament</a></span><br />Of the Jews five times I have received forty stripes save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/mace/2_corinthians/11.htm">Mace New Testament</a></span><br />from the Jews I have five times received forty stripes save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wey/2_corinthians/11.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a></span><br />From the Jews I five times have received forty lashes all but one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worrell/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worrell New Testament</a></span><br />from the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/worsley/2_corinthians/11.htm">Worsley New Testament</a></span><br />From the Jews I have five times received forty <i>stripes</i> save one.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ddheG4hMg28?start=2103" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/2_corinthians/11.htm">Paul's Suffering and Service</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">23</span>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. <span class="reftext">24</span><span class="highl"><a href="/greek/3999.htm" title="3999: pentakis (Adv) -- Five times. Multiplicative adverb from pente; five times.">Five times</a> <a href="/greek/2983.htm" title="2983: elabon (V-AIA-1S) -- (a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. ">I received</a> <a href="/greek/5259.htm" title="5259: Hypo (Prep) -- A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).">from</a> <a href="/greek/2453.htm" title="2453: Ioudaiōn (Adj-GMP) -- Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.">the Jews</a> <a href="/greek/5062.htm" title="5062: tesserakonta (Adj-AFP) -- Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.">the forty lashes</a> <a href="/greek/3844.htm" title="3844: para (Prep) -- Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. ">minus</a> <a href="/greek/1520.htm" title="1520: mian (Adj-AFS) -- One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.">one.</a> </span> <span class="reftext">25</span>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.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Deuteronomy 25:3</a></span><br />He may receive no more than forty lashes, lest your brother be beaten any more than that and be degraded in your sight.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22-23</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17</a></span><br />But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Acts 5:40</a></span><br />At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-11.htm">1 Corinthians 4:11</a></span><br />To this very hour we are hungry and thirsty, we are poorly clothed, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/14-19.htm">Acts 14:19</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/6-5.htm">2 Corinthians 6:5</a></span><br />in beatings, imprisonments, and riots; in labor, sleepless nights, and hunger;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/9-16.htm">Acts 9:16</a></span><br />I will show him how much he must suffer for My name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/2-20.htm">1 Peter 2:20</a></span><br />How is it to your credit if you are beaten for doing wrong and you endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-17.htm">Galatians 6:17</a></span><br />From now on let no one cause me trouble, for I bear on my body the marks of Jesus.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/21-32.htm">Acts 21:32</a></span><br />Immediately he took some soldiers and centurions and ran down to the crowd. When the people saw the commander and the soldiers, they stopped beating Paul.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_thessalonians/2-2.htm">1 Thessalonians 2:2</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-11.htm">Luke 12:11</a></span><br />When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.</p><p class="hdg">forty.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/25-2.htm">Deuteronomy 25:2,3</a></b></br> And it shall be, if the wicked man <i>be</i> 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… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17</a></b></br> But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9</a></b></br> 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.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_corinthians/11-20.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/15-6.htm">Five</a> <a href="/acts/23-21.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/6-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/12-13.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/luke/12-48.htm">Lashes</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-16.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-4.htm">Received</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/16-2.htm">Save</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Stripes</a> <a href="/ezra/2-42.htm">Thirty-Nine</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/1_timothy/3-3.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/revelation/9-5.htm">Five</a> <a href="/hebrews/3-9.htm">Forty</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-33.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/galatians/1-13.htm">Jews</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-10.htm">Lashes</a> <a href="/galatians/1-9.htm">Receive</a> <a href="/galatians/1-9.htm">Received</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/12-5.htm">Save</a> <a href="/1_peter/2-24.htm">Stripes</a> <a href="/ezra/2-42.htm">Thirty-Nine</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/11-25.htm">Times</a><div class="vheading2">2 Corinthians 11</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-1.htm">Out of his jealousy over the Corinthians, he enters into a forced commendation of himself,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-5.htm">of his equality with the chief apostles,</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-7.htm">of his preaching the gospel to them freely, and without any charge to them;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-13.htm">showing that he was not inferior to those deceitful workers in any legal prerogative;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><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></span><br></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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Historically, the Jewish leaders often opposed the early Christian movement, viewing it as a threat to traditional Jewish beliefs and practices. Paul's background as a Pharisee and his conversion to Christianity made him a particular target for Jewish authorities. This persecution reflects the broader tension between early Christians and Jewish leaders, as seen in <a href="/acts/9-23.htm">Acts 9:23-25</a>, where Paul narrowly escapes a plot against his life by the Jews in Damascus.<p><b>the forty lashes minus one</b><br>The practice of administering "forty lashes minus one" is rooted in Jewish law, specifically <a href="/deuteronomy/25.htm">Deuteronomy 25:1-3</a>, which prescribes a maximum of forty lashes as a punishment to prevent excessive beating. To avoid accidentally exceeding this limit, the Jews customarily administered only thirty-nine lashes. This punishment was intended to be severe enough to serve as a deterrent but not so severe as to endanger life. The Apostle Paul’s endurance of this punishment multiple times underscores his commitment to his mission and the extent of his suffering for the sake of the Gospel. It also connects to the sufferings of Christ, who was scourged before His crucifixion, as recorded in <a href="/matthew/27-26.htm">Matthew 27:26</a>, highlighting the theme of sharing in Christ's sufferings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/p/paul_the_apostle.htm">Paul the Apostle</a></b><br>The author of 2 Corinthians, Paul is recounting his sufferings for the sake of the Gospel. He is a central figure in the New Testament, known for his missionary journeys and epistles.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_jews.htm">The Jews</a></b><br>Referring to the Jewish authorities or leaders who administered the punishment. This highlights the tension between early Christians and Jewish leaders who did not accept Jesus as the Messiah.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/f/forty_lashes_minus_one.htm">Forty Lashes Minus One</a></b><br>A form of punishment prescribed in Jewish law, based on <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>, which limited lashes to forty to prevent excessive punishment. The practice was to give thirty-nine lashes to avoid accidentally exceeding the limit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/e/endurance_in_faith.htm">Endurance in Faith</a></b><br>Paul’s willingness to endure such severe punishment underscores the importance of perseverance in the Christian faith. Believers are called to remain steadfast even in the face of persecution.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/i/identifying_with_christ.htm">Identifying with Christ</a></b><br>Just as Paul bore physical marks for his faith, Christians today are called to bear spiritual marks, living lives that reflect Christ’s suffering and sacrifice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_persecution.htm">Understanding Persecution</a></b><br>Recognizing that persecution is a part of the Christian journey can prepare believers to face opposition with grace and courage.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Paul’s experiences remind us that following Christ may come with significant personal cost, but the eternal rewards far outweigh temporary sufferings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_support.htm">Community Support</a></b><br>The early church often supported those who suffered for their faith. Modern believers should also support and pray for those facing persecution.<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>(24) <span class= "bld">Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.</span>--None of these are recorded in the Acts. It is probable that the words refer to the early period of his work in Cilicia, which is implied though not recorded in that book. (See Note on <a href="/acts/15-41.htm" title="And he went through Syria and Cilicia, confirming the churches.">Acts 15:41</a>). The number of the stripes in Jewish punishments of this kind rested on the rule of <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm" title="Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>, which fixed forty as the <span class= "ital">maximum.</span> In practice it was thought desirable to stop short of the full number in order to avoid exceeding it. The punishment was inflicted with a leather scourge of three knotted thongs, and with a curiously elaborate distribution: thirteen strokes were given on the breast, thirteen on the right shoulder, and thirteen on the left.<p><span class= "bld">Thrice was I beaten with rods.</span>--This, as we see in <a href="/context/acts/16-22.htm" title="And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.">Acts 16:22-23</a>, was distinctively, though, perhaps, not exclusively, a Roman punishment. The instance at Philippi, as above, is the only one recorded in the Acts. As a Roman citizen he could claim exemption from a punishment which was essentially servile (<a href="/acts/16-37.htm" title="But Paul said to them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privately? no truly; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.">Acts 16:37</a>), and at Jerusalem (<a href="/acts/22-25.htm" title="And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said to the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to whip a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned?">Acts 22:25</a>) he asserted this claim; but it may well have happened elsewhere, as at Philippi, either that the reckless haste of Roman officials led them to order the punishment without inquiry; or that they disregarded the appeal, and took their chance of impunity; or that there were reasons which led him to prefer enduring the ignominious punishment in silence, without protest. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/2_corinthians/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 24.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Five times.</span> Not one of these Jewish scourgings - which yet were so severe that the sufferer often died under them - is mentioned in the Acts. This paragraph is the most striking proof of the complete fragmentariness of that narrative, marvellous as it is. On the circumstances which probably led to these Jewish scourgings, see 'Life of St. Paul,' exc. 11; and comp. <a href="/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a>; <a href="/acts/26-11.htm">Acts 26:11</a>; <a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a>. The question arises - Was St. Luke entirely unaware of all these scenes of anguish and daily martyrdom? Had St. Paul, in his humble reticence, never cared to speak of them? or were the Acts only intended for a sketch which made no pretension to completeness, and only related certain scenes and events by way of specimen and example? <span class="cmt_word">Forty stripes save one</span> (<a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>). On this instance of Jewish scrupulosity, and for all that is known of the <span class="accented">rationale</span> of Jewish scourgings, see 'Life of St. Paul,' <span class="accented">ubi supra</span>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div><span class="word">Five times</span><br /><span class="grk">πεντάκις</span> <span class="translit">(pentakis)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3999.htm">Strong's 3999: </a> </span><span class="str2">Five times. Multiplicative adverb from pente; five times.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I received</span><br /><span class="grk">ἔλαβον</span> <span class="translit">(elabon)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2983.htm">Strong's 2983: </a> </span><span class="str2">(a) I receive, get, (b) I take, lay hold of. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">from</span><br /><span class="grk">Ὑπὸ</span> <span class="translit">(Hypo)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5259.htm">Strong's 5259: </a> </span><span class="str2">A primary preposition; under, i.e. of place, or with verbs; of place (underneath) or where (below) or time (when).</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] Jews</span><br /><span class="grk">Ἰουδαίων</span> <span class="translit">(Ioudaiōn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_2453.htm">Strong's 2453: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jewish. From Iouda; Judaean, i.e. Belonging to Jehudah.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[the] forty [lashes]</span><br /><span class="grk">τεσσεράκοντα</span> <span class="translit">(tesserakonta)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_5062.htm">Strong's 5062: </a> </span><span class="str2">Forty. The decade of tessares; forty.</span><br /><br /><span class="word">minus</span><br /><span class="grk">παρὰ</span> <span class="translit">(para)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_3844.htm">Strong's 3844: </a> </span><span class="str2">Gen: from; dat: beside, in the presence of; acc: alongside of. </span><br /><br /><span class="word">one.</span><br /><span class="grk">μίαν</span> <span class="translit">(mian)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - Accusative Feminine Singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/greek/strongs_1520.htm">Strong's 1520: </a> </span><span class="str2">One. (including the neuter Hen); a primary numeral; one.</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">NT Letters: 2 Corinthians 11:24 Five times from the Jews I received (2 Cor. 2C iiC 2Cor ii cor iicor) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-23.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:23"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:23" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-25.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="2 Corinthians 11:25"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="2 Corinthians 11:25" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>