2 Corinthians 1:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Our trouble—in Asia.— Some have thought that this may refer to the persecution at Lystra, where St. Paul's danger had been extreme, and he had been recovered by miracle, Acts 14:19-20. But as that happened so long before the visit to Corinth, in which he planted the Church there, Acts 18:1 it seems more probable that he either refers to some opposition which he met with in his journey through Galatia and Phrygia, Acts 18:23 of which no particular account has reached us, or, rather, to the tumult raised against him at Ephesus, by Demetrius, Acts 19:29-30.

2 Corinthians 1:8

8 For we would not, brethren, have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia, that we were pressed out of measure, above strength, insomuch that we despaired even of life: