Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Corinthians 11:25
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
25. Thrice was I beaten with rods ] See Act 16:22-23, and note on 2Co 11:23. This punishment is also said frequently to have caused the death of the victim. It was inflicted by the Romans on those who did not possess the privilege of Roman citizenship, Act 22:25. A precisely similar scene to that in the Acts is recorded in Cicero in Verrem v. 62, where the victim is said to have uttered the well-known words, Civis Romanus sum. Cicero here invokes the ‘lex Porcia,’ by which the beating a Roman citizen with rods, which had been formerly lawful, was forbidden. See Livy, 2Co 10:9, “gravi poena si quis verberasset necassetve civem Romanum,” and cf. Sallust, Catilina, c. 51.
once was I stoned ] See Act 14:19. Clement of Rome, St Paul’s companion and friend (Php 4:3), says in a somewhat obscure passage ( Eph 1:5) that St Paul was “ seven times imprisoned, put to flight and stoned.”
thrice I suffered shipwrack ] The shipwreck related in Acts 27 is not one of these, but occurred some time afterwards. We have no other account of those referred to here.
a night and a day ] The Apostle here speaks of some terrible peril, compared to which even the shipwreck related in Acts 27 was a trifling one. Probably for twenty-four hours he was exposed to the dangers of the ocean, with but a plank between him and death. The Acts of the Apostles, we are once more constrained to remark, gives us but a scanty account of the labours and perils undergone by this undaunted soul. The word translated ‘a night and a day’ is but a single word in the original, and signifies a period of twenty-four hours, commencing with sunset. Some have thought that the expression here, ‘in the deep,’ is the same as the LXX. of Exo 15:5, and that St Paul went down with the ship, and was delivered by a Divine interposition. So Wiclif, Tyndale and the Geneva and Rheims versions, following the Vulgate, seem to have interpreted this passage ( in the depnesse of the see, Wiclif; in the depe of the see, Tyndale). But the expressions here and in Exo 15:5 (LXX.) are not identical. Cranmer renders, in the deepe see. So Chrysostom, who explains it, ‘ swimming on the sea,’ and the Syriac version, which translates, ‘without a ship in the sea.’
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Thrice was I beaten with rods – In the Acts of the Apostles there is mention made of his being beaten in this manner but once before the time when this Epistle was written. That occurred at Philippi; Act 16:22-23. But there is no reason to doubt that it was more frequently done. This was a frequent mode of punishment among the ancient nations, and as Paul was often persecuted, he would be naturally subjected to this shameful punishment.
Once I was stoned – This was the usual mode of punishment among the Jews for blasphemy. The instance referred to here occurred at Lystra; Act 14:19. Paley (Horae Paulinae) has remarked that this, when confronted with the history, furnished the nearest approach to a contradiction without a contradiction being actually incurred, that he ever had met with. The history Act 14:19 contains but one account of his being actually stoned. But prior to this Act 14:5, it mentions that an assault was made both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews with their rulers, to use them despitefully and to stone them, but they were aware of it, and fled to Lystra and Derbe. Now, Paley remarks, had the assault been completed; had the history related that a stone was thrown, as it relates that preparations were made both by Jews and Gentiles to stone Paul and his companions; or even had the account of this transaction stopped without going on to inform us that Paul and his companions were aware of their danger and fled, a contradiction between the history and the Epistle would have ensued. Truth is necessarily consistent; but it is scarcely possible that independent accounts, not having truth to guide them, should thus advance to the very brink of contradiction without falling into it.
Thrice I suffered shipwreck – On what occasions, or where, is now unknown, as these instances are not referred to in the Acts of the Apostles. The instance of shipwreck recorded there Acts 27, which occurred when on his way to Rome, happened after this Epistle was written, and should not be supposed to be one of the instances referred to here. Paul made many voyages in going from Jerusalem to Tarsus, and to Antioch, and to various parts of Asia Minor, and to Cyprus; and shipwrecks in those seas were by no means such unusual occurrences as to render this account improbable.
A night and a day … – The word used here ( nuchthemeron) denotes a complete natural day, or 24 hours.
In the deep – To what this refers we do not now certainly know. It is probable, however, that Paul refers to some period when, having been shipwrecked, he was saved by supporting himself on a plank or fragment of the vessel until he obtained relief. Such a situation is one of great peril, and he mentions it, therefore, among the trials which he had endured. The supposition of some commentators that he spent his time on some rock in the deep; or of others that this means some deep dungeon; or of others that he was swallowed by a whale (that is, a big fish), like Jonah, shows the extent to which the fancy is often indulged in interpreting the Bible.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
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, Ac 16:22. See sec. 9 of the introduction.
Once was I stoned] Namely, at Lystra, Ac 14:19, 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 , 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.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
Thrice was I beaten with rods; this was by the pagans, for the Jews whipped malefactor with a whip which had three cords. We read of one of these times. Act 16:23; and of a second, Act 22:24, when the captain commanded he should be so punished, but he avoided it, by pleading he was a citizen of Rome.
Once was I stoned: of his stoning, read Act 14:19, it was by a popular tumult at Lystra.
Thrice I suffered shipwreck: we read but of one time that Paul suffered shipwreck, Act 27:18; which was none of the three times here mentioned, for it was after the writing of this Epistle. But though many of the acts and sufferings of this apostle were written, yet all were not.
A night and a day I have been in the deep: some by the deep here understand the inner prison, mentioned Act 16:24, or some deep dungeon; but more probably he means, some time when, after a shipwreck, he might be put twenty-four hours to swim up and down the sea upon some broken part of the ship. It refers to some eminent danger Paul was in, of which the Scripture in no other place maketh mention particularly.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. The beating by Romanmagistrates at Philippi (Ac 16:23)is the only one recorded in Acts, which does not profess to give acomplete journal of his life, but only a sketch of it in connectionwith the design of the book, namely, to give an outline of thehistory of the Gospel Church from its foundation at Jerusalem, to theperiod of its reaching Rome, the capital of the Gentile world.
once was I stoned (Ac14:19).
thrice . . . shipwreckbeforethe shipwreck at Melita (Ac27:44). Probably in some of his voyages from Tarsus, where hestayed for some time after his conversion, and from which, as being aseafaring place, he was likely to make missionary voyages toadjoining places (Act 9:30;Act 11:25; Gal 1:21).
a night and a day . . . inthe deepprobably in part swimming or in an open boat.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Thrice was I beaten with rods,…. 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 Ac 16:22 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, Ac 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, , “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 , “a night day”, signifies a whole natural day, consisting of a night and a day; and is an Hebraism, and answers to , “the evening and the morning”, which make a full day; see Ge 1:5 Da 8:14.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Thrice was I beaten with rods ( ). Roman (Gentile) punishment. It was forbidden to Roman citizens by the Lex Porcia, but Paul endured it in Philippi (Acts 16:23; Acts 16:37), the only one of the three named in Acts. First aorist passive of , from , rod, Koine word, in N.T. only here and Ac 16:22 which see.
Once was I stoned ( ). Once for all means. At Lystra (Ac 14:5-19). On Koine verb from , see on Ac 5:26.
Thrice I suffered shipwreck ( ). First aorist active of , from , shipwrecked (, ship, , 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 () Rare word. Papyri give with the same idea (night-day).
Have I been in the deep ( ). Vivid dramatic perfect active indicative of , “I have done a night and day in the deep.” The memory of it survives like a nightmare. is old word (only here in N.T.) for bottom, depth of the sea, then 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.
Fuente: Robertson’s Word Pictures in the New Testament
Beaten with rods. Roman scourgings.
Stoned. At Lystra, Act 14:19.
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 [] . A compound term occurring only here in the New Testament, and rarely in later Greek.
Have I been in the deep [ ] . Lit., I have made (spent) a night and a day in the deep. For a similar use of poiew to make, see Act 14:33; Act 18:23; Act 20:3; Jas 4:13. buqov bottom or depth occurs only here. Of the event itself there is no record.
Fuente: Vincent’s Word Studies in the New Testament
1) “Thrice was I beaten with rods,” (tris errabdisthen) “Three times I was beaten with rods,” Act 16:22-23, is the only specific record accounting this type of beating that Paul endured, rod beating, a Roman custom or method of scourging.
2) “Once was I stoned,” (hapaks elithasthen) “once I was stoned,” at Lystra upon persuasion of roving Jews from Antioch and Iconium, Act 14:19.
3) “Thrice I suffered shipwreck,” tris enauagesa) “Three times I was shipwrecked;” no record is given of either of these three, since he wrote this about A.D. 60 and the shipwreck on his Rome voyage, Act 27:1-44, came some two years later, A.D. 62.
4) “A night and a day I have been in the deep,” (nuchthemeron en to Butho pepoieka) “I have been (done) a night and a day in the deep,” probably holding on to some part of the wreck after one of the three shipwrecks which he has just recounted enduring, yet he kept on serving the Lord, Act 20:24-25; Act 21:13.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
25. Thrice was I beaten with rods Hence it appears, that the Apostle suffered many things, of which no mention is made by Luke; for he makes mention of only one stoning, (861) one scourging, and one shipwreck. We have not, however, a complete narrative, nor is there mention made in it of every particular that occurred, but only of the principal things.
(861) “ Once was I stoned.” Paley remarks in his “Horae Paulinae,” that this clause, “when confronted with the history,” (contained in the Acts of the Apostles,) “furnishes the nearest approach to a contradiction, without a contradiction being actually incurred, of any that he remembers to have met with.” While the narrative contained in the Acts of the Apostles gives an account of only one instance in which Paul was actually stoned, (Act 14:19,) there was, previously to that, “an assault” made upon Paul and Barnabas at Iconium, “both of the Gentiles, and also of the Jews, with their rulers, to use them despitefully, and to stone them, but they were ware of it, and fled unto Lystra and Derbe.” (Act 14:5.) “Now had the ‘assault,’” says Paley, “been completed; had the history related that a stone was thrown, as it relates that preparations were made both by Jews and Gentiles to stone Paul and his companions; or even had the account of this transaction stopped, without going on to inform us that Paul and his companions were aware of their danger and fled, a contradiction between the history and the Apostle would have ensued. Truth is necessarily consistent; but it is scarcely possible that independent accounts, not having truth to guide them, should thus advance to the very brink of contradiction without falling into it. ” — Ed.
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
(25) Once was I stoned.Here the Acts (Act. 14:19) give us the solitary instance at Lystra. The accuracy of the Apostle in referring to this form of suffering, where we can compare it with the history, may fairly be urged as evidence of a like accuracy in his other statements.
Thrice I suffered shipwreck.Again we have a picture of unrecorded sufferings, which we must refer either to the period of his life between his departure from Jerusalem (Act. 9:30) and his arrival at Antioch (Act. 11:26), or to voyages among the islands of the gean Sea during his stay at Corinth or at Ephesus, or to that from Ephesus to Csarea in Act. 18:22.
A night and a day I have been in the deep.Taken in their natural sense the words probably point to one of the shipwrecks just mentioned, in which, either swimming or with the help of a plank (as in Act. 27:44), he had kept himself floating for nearly a whole day, beginning with the night. They have, however, been referred by some writers to a dungeon pit, like that into which Jeremiah was cast (Jer. 38:6), in which the Apostle was either thrown or hid himself after the stoning at Lystra. Bede (Qucest. iii. 8) relates, on the authority of Archbishop Theodore of Canterburywhose evidence, as a native of Tarsus, has here a special interestthat there was such a dungeon known by the name of Bythos (the word used here for deep) in his time at Cyzicus, and, if so, it is probable enough that the same use of the word may have prevailed in other cities. So at Athens there was a dungeon known as the barathrona word used also for a gulf. On the whole, however, though the conjecture is interesting enough to deserve mention, there seems no adequate reason for adopting it.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
25. The above stripes being specially from Jews, these rods were doubtless in Gentile hands. The Roman rods often inflicted death. As a Roman citizen, Paul was by law exempt from this punishment, but he was doubtless often out of reach of law. So at Philippi he suffered it, following it with protest, and at Jerusalem narrowly escaped it. Act 16:37; Act 22:25.
Once stoned At Lystra. Act 14:19.
Thrice shipwreck In addition to the one in Acts 28, which was much later than this writing.
A night and a day Twenty-four hours. Not, as some interpret, that Paul was sunk in the deep that time and saved from drowning by miracle. The natural image is, that he was floating that time in the deep, on a fragment of a wrecked ship.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
2Co 11:25. Thrice was I beaten with rods, &c. See Mat 27:26. Mar 15:15. Joh 19:1. The wreck at Malta happened long after this time; so that it must have been the fourth shipwreck that St. Paul suffered. Had the inhabitants of that island been informed of this circumstance, they would have been confirmed in their suspicions of his being a very bad man; but this remarkably shews us, that a series of what the world calls misfortunesfrom the hand of Providence, may befal the best and worthiest of mankind. The word , rendered a day and a night, signifies “a natural day, including the hours of light and darkness.” St. Paul was, during such a natural day, in the deep; probably floating on the remainders of the wreck, and just on the point of being washed away and sunk every moment. As , the word here used, and rendered the deep, was the name of a deep dungeon at Cyzicum, in the Propontis, Dr. Hammond conjectures that St. Paul was cast into it, as he passed from Troas to that city: but the interpretation above given seems to be more easy and natural.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
Ver. 25. Thrice was I beaten, &c. ] By the Roman magistrates, as also the martyrs were by the Romish bishops. Thomas Hinshaw was beaten with rods by Bonner, and abode his fury so long as the fat paunched bishop could endure with breath, and till for weariness he was fain to cease. So also he dealt by John Willis, and by Mr Bartlet Green, who greatly rejoiced in the same.
I have been in the deep ] Sine nave in mari fui, I was in the sea without a ship, so the Syriac renders it. For 24 hours together I have been floating in the sea.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
2Co 11:25 . . . .: thrice was I beaten with rods, i.e. , “virgis caesus sum,” a Roman , as distinct from the Fewish , method of scourging distinct too from flagellation with thongs (Mat 27:26 ). It was forbidden in the case of a Roman citizen by the Lex Porcia, but nevertheless St. Paul had endured it at Philippi (Act 16:23 ; Act 16:37 ), and barely escaped it at Jerusalem (Act 22:25 ). We do not know the other two occasions alluded to. . . .: once was I stoned, i.e. , at Lystra (Act 14:19 , and almost at Iconium, 2Co 11:5 ), thrice I suffered shipwreck , of the circumstances of which we have no record, for the shipwreck on his voyage to Rome (Act 27 .) was subsequent to this, a night and a day have I been (there seems to be no special reason here for the perf. in preference to the aorist) in the deep , probably after one of the shipwrecks ( cf. Act 27:44 ). For with words of time cf. Act 15:33 ; Act 20:3 , Jas 4:13 .
Fuente: The Expositors Greek Testament by Robertson
beaten, he. Greek. rhabdizo. See Act 16:22.
stoned. At Lystra, Act 14:19.
suffered shipwreck = was shipwrecked. Greek. nauageo. Only here and 1Ti 1:19.
a night and a day. Greek nuchthemeron. Only here.
been. Literally made, i.e. spent.
deep. Greek. buthos. Only here. Before this was written Paul made at least seven voyages. Act 13:4, Act 13:13; Act 14:26; Act 16:11; Act 18:18, Act 18:19, Act 18:21; Act 2:12, Act 2:13; and possibly many more.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
2Co 11:25. , thrice I was shipwrecked) before the shipwreck at Melita (Malta).- ) denotes anything deep: but when it is used absolutely, the sea, especially here, as being connected with the mention of shipwrecks. The LXX. generally translate by .-) I have spent, swimming. Many persons, who have been shipwrecked, thus contend with the waters for many hours, so that they may at last escape.
Fuente: Gnomon of the New Testament
2Co 11:25
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Thrice was I beaten with rods,-This was the Roman mode of scourging, and this also sometimes resulted in death. Only one of these three cases is recorded in Act 16:22-24. In Pauls case it was an illegal act, and inflicted barbarously and with cruel aggravation, the bleeding backs of him and his companion being left to smart on the floor of a dark dungeon, while their feet were fast in stocks.
once was I stoned,-This was the usual mode of punishment among the Jews for blasphemy. The instance referred to here occurred at Lystra. After stoning him, they dragged him out of the city, supposing that he was dead. (Act 14:19).
thrice I suffered shipwreck,-[None of these are recorded, but Paul was frequently on the seas in the course of his labors, and from defective navigation and unskilled shipbuilding, and from want of the mariners compass, wrecks were frequent.]
a night and a day have I been in the deep;-It is probable that in this Paul refers to some time, when having been shipwrecked, he was saved by supporting himself on a plank or fragment of the vessel until he obtained relief. Such a situation is one of great peril, and he mentions it, therefore, among the trials which he had endured.
Fuente: Old and New Testaments Restoration Commentary
I beaten: Act 16:22, Act 16:23, Act 16:33, Act 16:37, Act 22:24
once: Mat 21:35, Act 7:58, Act 7:59, Act 14:5, Act 14:19, Heb 11:37
thrice: Act 27:1-44
Reciprocal: Deu 25:3 – not exceed Mat 8:24 – there Mat 10:17 – scourge Mat 23:34 – ye Mar 4:37 – great storm Luk 11:49 – and some Act 27:20 – and no Act 27:41 – they ran Act 27:43 – willing 2Co 11:23 – in stripes Heb 11:36 – and scourgings
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Co 11:25. Not all of the details of Paul’s adversities are recorded, but his tabulation of them in this chapter is authentic, for he is writing under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. One case of his being beaten with rods is related in Act 16:22-23. The one instance of stoning is stated in Act 14:19. The case of shipwreck that Paul suffered (Acts 27) was after this epistle was written, hence the three occasions referred to here are not recorded elsewhere. Been in the deep means he was forced out by shipwreck to float in lifeboats or on boards, such as Act 27:44.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
2Co 11:25. Thrice was I beaten with rods. This was the Roman mode of scourging, and this also sometimes issued in death. Only one of these three cases is recorded in Acts (Act 21:22-23). In the apostles case, this was an illegal act, and inflicted barbarously and with cruel aggravations, the bleeding backs of him and his companions being left to smart on the earthen floor of a dark dungeon, while their feet were kept fast in the stocks,once was I stoned. This was at Lystra (Act 14:19), when he was supposed to be dead,
thrice I suffered shipwreck. How often he went from place to place by sea we cannot tell, but as five times are mentioned in Acts, there were probably several more sea voyages, at some of which this no doubt took place,a night and a day have I been in the deep (or, the length of a full day)clinging to some plank and escaping with difficulty.
Fuente: A Popular Commentary on the New Testament
Behold what a catalogue the apostle here gives of his sufferings and services: He was scourged by the Jews with whips, beaten by the Gentiles with rods, stoned by the rabble, thrice suffered shipwreck, a night and a day tossed to and fro upon the sea, and in great danger of perishing; in journeyings often from one country to another, to preach, plant, and propagate the gospel; in perils at sea and land, by pirates and robbers; in perils by his countrymen the Jews; in perils in the cities, Damascus, Ephesus, and Jerusalem; in perils in wildernesses and deserts; in perils amongst false brethren, men of the Christian profession; in weariness and painfulness, by travelling from place to place; in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, that is, in necessitated hunger often, and in voluntary fastings frequent, for spiritual purposes; in cold and nakedness, that is, very poor and thin in clothing.
Lord! what tongue can utter, or what heart can conceive, the pains which the apostle took, or the hazards which he run, in preaching the gospel to a lost world? And yet the good man heartily thanks our Lord Jesus Christ for all that, who had counted him faithful, and put him into the ministry. Verily none of the ministers of Christ have any reason or cause to repent of the the choice of their office, whatever services they undertake, or whatever sufferings or reproaches it either hath or may expose them to. Alas! what is all that we feel, to what this apostle underwent? And what is all that he underwent for Christ, compared with that transcendent reward which is in the hand of Christ, both for him and us.
Fuente: Expository Notes with Practical Observations on the New Testament
Verse 25 Beating with rods was Roman scourging ( Act 16:22-24 ). Stoning was usually Jewish punishment for blasphemy ( Act 14:19 ).
Fuente: Gary Hampton Commentary on Selected Books
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day have I been in the deep [The Romans punished by using the vine rods of the soldiers or the fasces of the lictors, and no law limited the number of strokes. Such beatings often caused death. Roman citizenship was presumed to protect from such punishment, but in his orations Cicero tells us that in the provinces the rights of citizenship were often set at nought in this respect. Luke tells of but one of these beatings (Act 26:22). The stoning took place at Lystra (Act 14:19). Luke tells in all six sea voyages, but says nothing of the wreckings here mentioned. In referring to the twenty-four-hour struggle for life amidst the waves, Paul uses the present tense, showing that the horror of his situation was still vividly remembered]:
Fuente: McGarvey and Pendleton Commentaries (New Testament)
Verse 25
With rods. One case of this nature is mentioned Acts 16:22,23.–Stoned; Acts 14:19. Besides this, the apostle, on another occasion, narrowly escaped being stoned. (Acts 14:5.)–Shipwreck. He suffered shipwreck after this, on his voyage to Rome, (Acts 27:1-44:) which makes four instances in which he encountered this terrible form of danger.–In the deep; floating in the sea, sustained by some frail support, probably after shipwreck.
Fuente: Abbott’s Illustrated New Testament
11:25 {q} Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
(q) By the Roman magistrates.