2 Corinthians 11:22 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. ”

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Are they Hebrews? - This proves that the persons who had made the difficulty in Corinth were those who were of Hebrew extraction though it may be that they had been born in Greece and had been ed...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Comparison between Paul and his Opponents ( cf. 2 Corinthians 11:6 ). Under the pressure of intense feeling he will break through his inclination and self-imposed resolve of silence, to let his c...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Are they Hebrews? &c. These questions are an example of the Figure of speech Epiphoza. App-6.
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

22. He now, by enumerating particular instances, lets them see more distinctly, that he would not by any means be found inferior, if matters came to a contest. And in the first place, he makes...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Are they Hebrews - Speaking the sacred language, and reading in the congregation from the Hebrew...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Are they Hebrews?— Mr. Locke observes, that though the Apostle makes use of the plural number they, it is his opinion that he means but one person; as after, when he says we, he means only hims...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Hebrews ... Israelites ... the seed of Abraham. A climax, - "Hebrews" referring to the language...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(b) 11:1-15. Defence of his Gospel and of his Independence St. Paul says that he also will now boast a little, for he is as much an Apostle as those whom they prefer. If he refuses monetary supp...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Are they Hebrews ? — This, then, was one of their boasts. They were Jews of Palestine, speaking Aramaic, reading the Law and Prophets in the original. He, they asserted, or implied, was a Hellenisti...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 25 FOOLISH BOASTING. 2 Corinthians 11:7-29 (R.V) THE connection of 2 Corinthians 11:7 with what precedes is not at once clear. The Apostle has expressed his conviction that he is in...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Pre-eminent in Labor and Suffering 2 Corinthians 11:22-33 It has been truly said that this enumeration represents a life which up to that hour had been without precedent in the history of the w...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Having thus stated the true grounds of glorying, and being about to make his boast (such action having been made necessary by the opposition), the apostle has so little love for it that he commences...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(16) I say again, Let no man think me a fool; if otherwise, yet as a fool receive me, that I may boast myself a little. (17) That which I speak, I speak it not after the Lord, but as it were foolishl...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Are they Hebrews? so am I ,.... The nation of the Jews were called Hebrews, not from Abraham, as some have w thought, through ignorance of the Hebrew language, which will by no means admit of such a...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Israelites? so am I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so am I. Ver. 22. Are they Israelites ] God's select, peculiar. "Happy art thou, O Israel; who is like...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Are they Hebrews? Descended from Heber, (see Genesis 11:14 ,) and speaking the Hebrew language, though with some variation; so am I Paul indeed was a native of Tarsus in Cilicia, but his father...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If it seems strange that Paul asks the Corinthians to bear with a little folly in him, yet let us still remember that it is God who inspires him to write as he does. Paul considered it folly to speak...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. 22 Are they Hebrews? so am I. Are they Isra...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are they Hebrews? so am I: this would incline us to think, that some, at least, of those corrupt teachers, upon whom the apostle hath so much reflected, were Jews; who had endeavoured to corrupt th...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Paul Defends His Apostleship And Compares Himself With His Opponents ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-33 ). An exact determination of who the visiting preachers were who constituted the new grave threat to Pa...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 2 Corinthians 11:16 . Again .—After 2 Corinthians 11:1 . “You can very well let a foolish fellow like me be in the fashion, and do a bit of boasting.” 2 Corinthians 11:17 . Af...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:1 . Bear with me a little in my folly; for I must glory a little when the advocate of self-applause. I know it is folly for a man to applaud himself; and I doubt not but you will...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting ( 2 Corinthians 11:1-47 ). He is not afraid of compa...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's commendation of himself:
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 20:7 ; Acts 22:3 ; Exodus 10:3 ; Exodus 3:18 ; Exodus 5:3 ; Exodus 7:16 ; Exodus 9:1 ; Exodus 9:13 ; Genesis 17:8 ; Genesis 17:9 ; John 8:33-39 ; Matthew 3:9 ; Philippians 3...
2 Corinthians 11:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Are they Hebrews, Israelites, the seed of Abraham — These were the heads on which they boasted.

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:22 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 11:22 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

2 Corinthians 11:22 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:22 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes