2 Corinthians 11:25 meaning and explanation
Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.
2 Corinthians 11:25, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is speaking, defending his apostolic credentials against rival teachers in Corinth by listing hardships rather than honors. Beaten with rods refers to Roman lictors' punishment, a public flogging; stoning was a Jewish form of execution, and Paul survived it.
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