2 Corinthians 12:8

1 Samuel 15:11; 2 Samuel 12:16-18; Deuteronomy 3:23-27; Hebrews 5:7; Matthew 20:21; Matthew 20:22; Matthew 26:39-44; Psalms 77:2-11

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 12:8

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this thing - On account of this; in order that this calamity might be removed. I besought the Lord - The word “Lord” in the New Testament...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

For this thing I besought the Lord (h) thrice, that it might depart from me. (h) Often.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

A Special Revelation and its Sequel. By an account of a great spiritual experience which he had enjoyed, Paul explains the reason why he has been c...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

For . In behalf of. Greek. huper. App-104. besought . Greek. parakaleo. App-134. Lord . App-98. that . in order that. Greek. hina. fro...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice. Here, also, (907) the number three is employed to denote frequent repetition. (908) He me...
Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 2043 THE SUCCESS OF FERVENT PRAYER 2 Corinthians 12:7-9 . Lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelat...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. I besought the Lord - That is, Christ, as the next verse absolutely proves,...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. For - `concerning this thing.' Thrice. To his first and second p...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

His Privileges and Trials The Apostle unwillingly resumes his boasting and tells of a revelation he received from God; but returns again to dwell...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Paraphrase. 'And lest I should be uplifted by spiritual pride as the result of these revelations, a painful bodily weakness—the very work of Satan—...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Lord ] Christ, as 2 Corinthians 12:9 shows. Thrice ] He probably made this 'thorn' the subject of earnest prayer on three special occasions:...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice. — We are reminded of our Lord’s three-fold prayer in Gethsemane ( Matthew 26:36 ; Luke 22:42-45 ). Was...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Secret of Strength 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 It is a sublime phrase- a man in Christ. We reach our full stature only when we are in Him. We a...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The boasting continues. However, it takes on a new and startling characteristic. In his apostleship there had been something supernatural, something...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE ‘THORN IN THE FLESH’ ‘For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And He said unto me, My grace is sufficient for...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice ,.... With respect to the thorn in the flesh, the messenger Satan, who gave him so much continual disturba...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. Ver. 8. I besought the Lord thrice ] i.e. Frequently and fervently. Go...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice All kinds of affliction had befallen the apostle, yet none of these did he deprecate. But here he speaks...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

If in chapter 11 we have seen God's grace in sustaining the vessel through all adversity, Paul now speaks of the other side of this, the grace which...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Apostle's Rapture. A. D. 57. 1 It is not...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For the removal of this affliction, (of what nature soever it was), for the taking of this thorn out of my flesh, I prayed often. It is lawful for us...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Glories in Wondrous Experiences, Dreadful Weakness and The Manifestation of Miracles, In All of Which He Is a Match For His Opponents ( 2 Corinth...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Concerning this thing I besought the Lord three times, that it might depart from me.' ‘Three times' may well mean ‘a number of times.' Since the be...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES ( No break, except that of a new paragraph .) 2 Corinthians 12:1 .—Note reading; probably, as in R.V. Remember how full is Paul...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:7-9 The Thorn in the Flesh. I. The first lesson which is suggested by these words is this: that the thorn in the flesh comes for...
Sermon Bible Commentary

2 Corinthians 12:8-9 Strength in Weakness. I. We have here the instinctive shrinking from that which tortured the flesh, which takes refuge in pr...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Corinthians 12:1 . It is not expedient for me doubtless to glory. I will come to visions and revelations of the Lord. To disclosures of the divi...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The revelations vouchsafed to him ( 2 Corinthians 12:1-47 ). The counteracting "thorn in the flesh" ( 2 Corinthians 12:7-47 ). One mo...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Unusual tribulations:
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

For this thing I besought the Lord thrice that it might depart from me.
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Concerning this — He had now forgot his being lifted up. I besought the Lord thrice — As our Lord besought his Father.

⁸ For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.

Related Commentaries of 2 Corinthians 12:8

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

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

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

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

2 Corinthians 12:8