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.Rev., rather mildly, I was not a burden.10.No man shall stop me of this boasting (hJ kau>chsiv au[th oujfragh>setai eijv ejmeyw).Lit., cut out.See on Luke 13:7, and compare Romans11:24.Occasion (thbolov devil by which Satan is translated.See 1 Chronicles 21:1;Esther 7:4; 8:1; Psalm 108 (109.) 5; Job 1:6; Zechariah 3:1, 2.17.Confidence (uJposta>sei).See on ch.9:4.20.Bringeth you into bondage (katadouloi~).Only here and Galatians2:4, where it is used of the efforts of the Jewish party to bring thechristian Church under the ceremonial law.Compare Galatians 5:1.Devour (katesqi>ei).Your property.Compare Matthew 23:14.Take (lamba>nei).A.V.supplies of you, evidently with reference toproperty, which has already been touched upon in devour.The meaning isto take as a prey, as Luke 5:5. Exalteth himself (ejpai>retai).As ch.10:5.It is noticeable that these arethe only two instances out of nineteen in the New Testament where theword is used figuratively.Smite you on the face.The climax of insult.Compare Matthew 5:39;Luke 22:64; Acts 23:2.Also the injunction to a bishop not to be a striker,1 Timothy 3:3; Titus 1:7.Stanley notes the decree of the Council of Braga,A.D.675, that no bishop, at his will and pleasure, shall strike his clergy.21.As concerning reproach (kataan).Better, Rev., by way ofdisparagement.Intensely ironical.Yes, you have borne with theseenslavers and devourers and smiters.I could never ask you to extend suchtoleration to me.I speak as one without position or authority, havingshown myself weak as you know.I speak foolishly (ejn ajfrosu>nh|).Rev., in foolishness.My pretensionsare equal to theirs, but, of course, it is folly to advance them, and theyamount to nothing.Yet, even speaking in this foolish way, I possess everyqualification on which they plume themselves.22.Hebrews.See on Acts 6:1.Israelites.See on Acts 3:12, and compare Philippians 3:5, and the phraseIsrael of God, Galatians 6:16, and an Israelite indeed, John 1:48.Seed of Abraham.Compare Matthew 3:9; John 8:33; Romans 9:7; 11:1;Galatians 3:16; Hebrews 2:16.The three names are arranged climactically,Hebrews pointing to the nationality; Israelites to the special relation toGod s covenant; seed of Abraham to the messianic privilege.Comparewith the whole, Philippians 3:4, 5.23.Ministers of Christ Referring to his opponents claim to have acloser connection with Christ than he had.See the note on 1 Corinthians1:12.As a fool (parafronw~n).Only here in the New Testament.See thekindred parafroni>a madness, 2 Peter 2:16.Lit., being beside myselfRev., as one beside myself.This expression is stronger than that in ver.21, because the statement which it characterizes is stronger.Up to this pointPaul has been asserting equality with the other teachers.Now he assertssuperiority I more; and ironically characterizes this statement from theirstand-point as madness.More abundant (perissote>rwv).Lit., more abundantly, as Rev.Stripes above measure (uJperballo>ntwv).This peculiar form ofsuffering is emphasized by details.He specifies three Roman scourgings,and five at the hands of the Jews.Of the former, only one is recorded, thatat Philippi (Acts 16:22, 23.See on Acts 22:25), and none of the latter.TheJewish scourge consisted of two thongs made of calf s or ass s skin,passing through a hole in a handle.Thirteen blows were inflicted on thebreast, thirteen on the right, and thirteen on the left shoulder.The law inDeuteronomy 25:3 permitted forty blows, but only thirty-nine weregiven, in order to avoid a possible miscount.During the punishment thechief judge read aloud Deuteronomy 28:58, 59; Deuteronomy 29:9; Psalm68:38, 39.The possibility of death under the infliction was contemplatedin the provision which exonerated the executioner unless he should exceedthe legal number of blows.Paul escaped Roman scourging at Jerusalem onthe ground of his Roman citizenship.It is not related that he and Silasurged this privilege at Philippi until after the scourging.It is evident fromthe narrative that they were not allowed a formal hearing before themagistrates; and, if they asserted their citizenship, it may have been thattheir voices were drowned by the mob.That this plea did not always availappears from the case cited by Cicero against Verres, that he scourged aRoman citizen in spite of his continued protest under the scourge, I am aRoman citizen (see on Acts 16:37), and from well-known instances of thescourging of even senators under the Empire.Prisons.At Philippi, and other places not recorded.Deaths.Perils of death, as at Damascus, Antioch in Pisidia, Iconium,Lystra, Thessalonica, Beroea.25.Beaten with rods.Roman scourgings.Stoned.At Lystra, Acts 14:19. Thrice I suffered shipwreck.The shipwreck at Malta, being later, is, ofcourse, not referred to; so that no one of these three is on record.158A night and a day (nucqh>meron).A compound term occurring only herein the New Testament, and rarely in later Greek.Have I been in the deep (ejn tw|~ buqw|~ pepoi>hka).Lit., I have made(spent) a night and a day in the deep
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