2 Corinthians 11:24

Of the Jews (p) five times received I forty [stripes] save one.

(p) He alludes to that which is written in (Deuteronomy 25:3). And moreover this place shows us that Paul suffered many more things which Luke omitted in writing Acts.

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Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
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²⁴ Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.

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Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

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2 Corinthians 11:24