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Reformed 1871 · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 2Cor 11:26

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, on 2Cor 11:26

2Cor 11:26 · Douay-Rheims
“In journeying often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils from my own nation, in perils from the Gentiles, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils from false brethren.”
On this verse:
“In--rather, "By": connected with Co2 11:23, but now not with "in," as there, and as in Co2 11:27, where again he passes to the idea of surrounding circumstances or environments [ALFORD, ELLICOTT and others]. waters--rather, as Greek, "rivers," namely, perils by the flooding of rivers, as on the road often traversed by Paul between Jerusalem and Antioch, crossed as it is by the torrents rushing down from Lebanon. So the traveller Sport lost his life. robbers--perhaps in his journey from Perga to Antioch in Pisidia. Pisidia was notorious for robbers; as indeed were all the mountains that divided the high land of Asia from the sea. the heathen--Gentiles. in the city--Damascus, Act 9:24-25; Jerusalem, Act 9:29; Ephesus, Act 19:23. false brethren-- (Gal 2:4).”

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