2 Corinthians 11:24

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

Ver. 24. Forty stripes save one] That they might be sure not to exceed the set number of stripes, limited by the law, Deuteronomy 25:3 .

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Of the Jews ... - On this verse and the following verse it is of importance to make a few remarks preliminary to the explanation of the phrases:...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 p...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Of . By. Greek. hupo. App-104. forty . See Deuteronomy 25:3 . save . beside. Greek para. App-104.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

24. From the Jews. It is certain that the Jews had at that time been deprived of jurisdiction, but as this was a kind of moderate punishment...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2041 ST. PAUL’S ZEAL ILLUSTRATED AND IMPROVED 2 Corinthians 11:23-29 . Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one - That is, he was five times sco...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Deuteronomy 25:3 ordained that not more than forty stripes should be inflicted. To...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'I confess to my shame I was far too weak, as they call it, to act in that way. But if there is to be boasting, I am a fool and can boa...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Forty stripes save one ] A Jewish punishment: cp. Deuteronomy 25:3 . Only thirty-nine were given lest by a miscount the number were exceeded. N...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. — None of these are recorded in the Acts. It is probable that the words refer to the earl...
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 A...
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...
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 ap...
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 sp...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. We have no account in the Acts of the Apostles, or elsewhere, of any one of these five sc...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Are they ministers of Christ? “St. Paul does not compare himself with the false teachers as an apostle, but as a minister of Christ simply. And to...
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 w...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle Recounts His Sufferings. A. D. 57. ...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

God, to restrain the passions of his people, which might carry them out to cruelty in the punishments of malefactors, forbade the Jewish magistrates...
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 preache...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Of the Jews five times I received forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and...
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...
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...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

AN APOSTLE DRIVEN AGAINST HIS WILL INTO A SEMBLANCE OF BOASTING . EXPOSITION An apology for the "foolishness" of boasting (...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The apostle's commendation of himself:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 25:2 ; Deuteronomy 25:3 ; Mark 13:9 ; Matthew 10:17
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Five times I received from the Jews forty stripes save one — Which was the utmost that the law allowed. With the Romans he sometimes pleaded his pr...

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

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 11:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 11:24