SEV Biblia, Chapter 11:25
Tres veces he sido azotado con varas; una vez apedreado; tres veces he padecido naufragio; noche y día he estado en lo profundo (del mar);
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 2 Corinthians 11:25
Verse 25. Thrice was I beaten with rods] This was under the Roman government, as their lictors beat criminals in this way. We hear of the apostle's being treated thus once, namely at Philippi, Acts xvi. 22. See sec. of the introduction.
Once was I stoned] Namely, at Lystra, Acts xiv. 19, &c.
A night and a day I have been in the deep] To what this refers we cannot tell; it is generally supposed that in some shipwreck not on record the apostle had saved himself on a plank, and was a whole day and night on the sea, tossed about at the mercy of the waves. Others think that buqov, the deep, signifies a dungeon of a terrible nature at Cyzicum, in the Propontis, into which Paul was cast as he passed from Troas. But this is not likely.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 25. Thrice was I beaten with rods , etc..] Or wands, by the Romans; for this was a Roman punishment, distinct from scourging with cords used by the Jews. There is mention made but of one time only that he was so beaten, elsewhere, and that is in ( Acts 16:22,23) which was at Philippi; but that he was so many times beaten in this way, there is no room to doubt: once was I stoned . This was at Lystra, at the instigation of the Jews that came from Antioch and Iconium, ( Acts 14:19) by whom he was left for dead: thrice I suffered shipwreck ; neither of which are mentioned by Luke in the Acts of the Apostles; for the shipwreck he suffered as when he went to Rome was some time after the writing of this epistle, and therefore cannot be one of these here referred to a night and a day I have been in the deep; some understand this of a well, called Bythos, or the deep, which was near Lystra, where the apostle was hid for such a space of time after his deliverance there; but this, were it so, he would scarcely reckon among his very great hardships and sufferings: others of a prison at Cyzicum in Asia, which, because of its very great height, was called the depth of the sea, in which the apostle was imprisoned for such a time; but, we nowhere read that he ever was at that place, or preached there, and much less was imprisoned there; and had he, it is not likely that he should particularly point out such a short imprisonment, but would have let it pass in the general account of being in prisons before mentioned: but rather this is to be understood of the sea, often called the deep in Scripture, where by some accident he was cast, and was in it, as the Syriac version has it, atnyps ald , where was no ship, or without one, being shipwrecked; or being cast, or having fallen into the sea, he was swimming in it, or was preserved by a broken piece of the ship, or by some other means, or by the wonderful providence of God for so long a time; though as sailing in those times was chiefly by coasting, this phrase may only signify that the ship in which he was was drove from the coast into the sea, and lost sight of the land for the space of a day and night, and lay floating about in the deep, which was reckoned very dangerous. The word nucyhmeron , a night day, signifies a whole natural day, consisting of a night and a day; and is an Hebraism, and answers to rqbw br[ , the evening and the morning, which make a full day; (see Genesis 1:5,8,13,19,23) ( Daniel 8:14 * marg).
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 22-33 - The apostle gives an account of his labours and sufferings; not out of pride or vain-glory, but to the honour of God, who enabled him to d and suffer so much for the cause of Christ; and shows wherein he excelled the false apostles, who tried to lessen his character an usefulness. It astonishes us to reflect on this account of his dangers hardships, and sufferings, and to observe his patience, perseverance diligence, cheerfulness, and usefulness, in the midst of all thes trials. See what little reason we have to love the pomp and plenty of this world, when this blessed apostle felt so much hardship in it. Ou utmost diligence and services appear unworthy of notice when compare with his, and our difficulties and trials scarcely can be perceived. I may well lead us to inquire whether or not we really are followers of Christ. Here we may study patience, courage, and firm trust in God Here we may learn to think less of ourselves; and we should eve strictly keep to truth, as in God's presence; and should refer all to his glory, as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who is blessed for evermore __________________________________________________________________
Greek Textus Receptus
τρις 5151 ADV ερραβδισθην 4463 5681 V-API-1S απαξ 530 ADV ελιθασθην 3034 5681 V-API-1S τρις 5151 ADV εναυαγησα 3489 5656 V-AAI-1S νυχθημερον 3574 N-ASN εν 1722 PREP τω 3588 T-DSM βυθω 1037 N-DSM πεποιηκα 4160 5758 V-RAI-1S
Vincent's NT Word Studies
25. Beaten with rods. Roman scourgings.Stoned. At Lystra, Acts xiv. 19.
Thrice I suffered shipwreck. The shipwreck at Malta, being later, is, of course, not referred to; so that no one of these three is on record. 158 A night and a day (nucqhmeron). A compound term occurring only here in the New Testament, and rarely in later Greek.
Have I been in the deep (en tw buqw pepoihka). Lit., I have made (spent) a night and a day in the deep. For a similar use of poiew to make, see Acts xv. 33; xviii. 23; xx. 3; Jas. iv. 13. buqov bottom or depth occurs only here. Of the event itself there is no record.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
11:25 {Thrice was I beaten with rods} (tris errabdisqen). Roman (Gentile) punishment. It was forbidden to Roman citizens by the _Lex Porcia_, but Paul endured it in Philippi (#Ac 16:23,37), the only one of the three named in Acts. First aorist passive of rabdizw, from rabdos, rod, _Koin_ word, in N.T. only here and #Ac 16:22 which see. {Once was I stoned} (hapax eliqasqen). Once for all hapax means. At Lystra (#Ac 14:5-19). On liqazw _Koin_ verb from liqos, see on Ac 5:26. {Thrice I suffered shipwreck} (tris enauagesa). First aorist active of nauagew, from nauagos, shipwrecked (naus, ship, agnumi, to break). Old and common verb, in N.T. only here and #1Ti 1:19. We know nothing of these. The one told in #Ac 27 was much later. What a pity that we have no data for all these varied experiences of Paul. {Night and day} (nucqemeron) Rare word. Papyri give nuktemar with the same idea (night-day). {Have I been in the deep} (en twi buqwi pepoieka). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of poiew, "I have done a night and day in the deep." The memory of it survives like a nightmare. buqos is old word (only here in N.T.) for bottom, depth of the sea, qen the sea itself. Paul does not mean that he was a night and day under the water, not a Jonah experience, only that he was far out at sea and shipwrecked. this was one of the three shipwrecks-already named.
