Discovery Box2 Corinthians 11:25-26 
Context11:25 Three times I was beaten with a rod. 1 Once I received a stoning. 2 Three times I suffered shipwreck. A night and a day I spent adrift in the open sea. 11:26 I have been on journeys many times, in dangers from rivers, in dangers from robbers, 3 in dangers from my own countrymen, in dangers from Gentiles, in dangers in the city, in dangers in the wilderness, 4 in dangers at sea, in dangers from false brothers,
1 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 sn Received a stoning. See Acts 14:19, where this incident is described.
3 tn Or “bandits.” The word normally refers more to highwaymen (“robbers”) but can also refer to insurrectionists or revolutionaries (“bandits”).
4 tn Or “desert.”
