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  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
    • 25 three times I was beaten with rods,+ once I was stoned,+ three times I experienced shipwreck,+ a night and a day I have spent in the open sea;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
    • 25 τρὶς three times ἐραβδίσθην, I was beaten with staves, ἅπαξ once ἐλιθάσθην, I was stoned, τρὶς three times ἐναυάγησα, I was shipwrecked, νυχθήμερον night (and) day ἐν in τῷ the βυθῷ deep πεποίηκα· I have done;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
    • 25 three times I was beaten with rods,+ once I was stoned,+ three times I experienced shipwreck,+ a night and a day I have spent in the deep;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    The Bible in Living English
    • 25* three times I was beaten with Roman rods; once I was stoned; three times I was shipwrecked, I have spent a day and a night in the deep;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    American Standard Version
    • 25 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;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    The Emphasized Bible
    • 25 Thrice have I been beaten with rods, Once have I been stoned, Thrice have I been shipwrecked, A day and night in the deep have I spent;

  • 2 Corinthians 11:25
    King James Version
    • 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;

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1986-2022
    • 11:25 w00 7/15 26-27; w90 6/15 12, 16

  • 2 Corinthians
    Watch Tower Publications Index 1930-1985
    • 11:25 w82 12/1 15-16; w75 721-722; w61 294; w43 25

  • 2 Corinthians
    Research Guide for Jehovah’s Witnesses—2019 Edition
    • 11:25

      The Watchtower,

      7/15/2000, pp. 26-27

      6/15/1990, pp. 12, 16

      12/1/1982, pp. 15-16

      12/1/1975, pp. 721-722

      5/15/1961, pp. 293-295

  • 2 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 11
    New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
    • 11:25

      three times I was beaten with rods: This was a form of punishment often meted out by Roman authorities. The book of Acts mentions only one of the three times Paul received such a beating. It was before he wrote his second letter to the Corinthians. That beating took place at Philippi. (Ac 16:22, 23) He was also beaten by Jews in Jerusalem, but there is no mention of rods being used. (Ac 21:30-32) At any rate, Paul’s audience in Corinth, a Roman colony, surely knew that such beatings were brutal. The humiliating process started with stripping off the victim’s garments. (Compare 1Th 2:2.) A Roman citizen, such as Paul, was supposed to be shielded by law from beatings. That is why Paul informed the Philippian magistrates that they had infringed on his rights.​—See study notes on Ac 16:35, 37.

      stoned: Most likely, Paul here refers to the incident at Lystra that is described at Ac 14:19, 20. Stoning was a method of execution mentioned in the Mosaic Law. (Le 20:2) The stoning was likely a mob action involving fanatic Jews and possibly Gentiles. The intent was clearly to kill Paul; in fact, after stoning him, the attackers assumed that he was dead. Such brutal acts as those described in these verses must have left Paul with lasting physical scars.

      three times I experienced shipwreck: The Bible vividly describes one shipwreck that Paul experienced, but it occurred after he wrote this letter. (Ac 27:27-44) Paul frequently traveled by sea. (Ac 13:4, 13; 14:25, 26; 16:11; 17:14, 15; 18:18-22, 27) So there were many occasions when such a disaster might have befallen him. Paul is likely referring to the aftermath of one of his shipwrecks when he writes, a night and a day I have spent in the open sea (lit., “in the deep”). Paul may have clung to a piece of wreckage the whole night and day while being tossed on a stormy sea before he was rescued or washed ashore. Yet, such dire events never stopped him from continuing his travels by sea.

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