What kinds of suffering did Paul endure according to 2 Corinthians 11?
According to 2 Corinthians 11, Paul endured suffering from Jews and Romans, shipwreck three times, and a night and a day in the deep. He received thirty-nine stripes five times, was beaten with rods three times, was stoned once, and faced frequent journeyings and perils of waters.
Les teaches that Paul had previously been unmerciful to fellow Jews who believed in Jesus, and God told Ananias that Paul would suffer for His name’s sake because he had precipitated so much suffering himself. The passage says Paul suffered at the hands of the Jews and the Romans and was shipwrecked multiple times. He spent a night and a day in the deep and suffered shipwreck three times, though Acts records only one, implying two other times. He also says he received thirty-nine stripes five times, was beaten with rods three times, and was stoned once. Les notes that Paul covered what is now Turkey and Greece on foot, walking city to city, with journeyings often and perils of waters.
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;