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25 Three times I was beaten with a rod.[a] Once I received a stoning.[b] Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea.

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  1. 2 Corinthians 11:25 sn Beaten with a rod refers to the Roman punishment of admonitio according to BDAG 902 s.v. ῥαβδίζω. Acts 16:22 describes one of these occasions in Philippi; in this case it was administered by the city magistrates, who had wide powers in a military colony.
  2. 2 Corinthians 11:25 sn Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.