2Cor 11:24-27 | PNT | STEP | Of the Jews fives times received I forty [stripes] save one . See . The Jews were not allowed to exceed this number.

2 Corinthians 11:24-27

Of the Jews fives times received I forty [stripes] save one. See De 25:3. The Jews were not allowed to exceed this number. Thrice was I beaten with rods. This was the Roman scourging. Only one of these instances is reported in Ac 16:23.

Once was I stoned. See Ac 14:19.

Thrice I suffered shipwreck. No account elsewhere is given of these. The shipwreck, on the way to Italy (Ac 27:44), was of later date.

A night and a day I have been in the deep. In an open boat, or on driftwood, after a shipwreck. Perils of waters. In crossing swollen rivers.

Perils of robbers. In his travels he was often exposed to danger from this source.

Perils by [mine own] countrymen. The Jews, who constantly persecuted him. See 2Co 11:24.

Perils by the heathen. The Gentiles. As an illustration, see 2Co 11:25.

Perils in the city. Damascus (Ac 9:22-24), Jerusalem (Ac 21:28-31), Antioch in Pisidia (Ac 13:44,45,50), Lystra (Ac 14:11-13), Philippi (Ac 16:18-24), and Corinth (Ac 18:12) will at once occur as instances. In weariness and painfulness, etc. Often weary and in pain. The verse shows the self-denial made necessary in preaching the gospel. Often in want, hungry, naked and cold. Why should all these have been endured? Nothing but overwhelming conviction and love could have led him to this sacrifice himself.