2Cor 11:25 | NETfull | STEP | 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.

2 Corinthians 11:25

25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. ^{▼▼ Beaten with a rod refers to the Roman punishment of admonitio according to BDAG 902 s.v. ῥαβδίζω. Acts 16:22 describes one of these occasions in Philippi; in this case it was administered by the city magistrates, who had wide powers in a military colony.} Once I received a stoning. ^{▼▼ Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.} Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.