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A Daily, Crushing Weight
Scholars emphasize that Paul's anxiety was not a vague worry but a relentless, daily pressure. The original Greek word suggests a 'mob-like rush' of concerns pressing in on him. After listing his many physical sufferings, Paul points to this constant mental and emotional burden as a supreme trial that was separate from and in addition to his external hardships.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
18th Century
Theologian
Beside those things that are without. In addition to these external trials, these trials pertaining to the body, I have mental trials and …
AT Robertson
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
Besides those things that are without (χωρις των παρεκτος). Probably, "apart from those things beside these just mentioned." Surel…
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
19th Century
Bishop
That which cometh upon me daily . . .—The word so translated primarily signifies a “rush” or “tumult,” and is so used in Acts 24:12. Here …
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
None of the afflictions mentioned in vv.23–27 was a continuous experience. Paul’s crowning trial and privilege was, however, incessant—the daily pr…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
16th Century
Theologian
Besides those things that are without — “Besides those things,” he says, “which come upon me from all sides, and are, as it were,…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 11:28
17th Century
Pastor
Besides those things that are without
Or are omitted, which he had passed by, and had not mentioned in the account and enumera…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 11:22–33
17th Century
Minister
The apostle gives an account of his labors and sufferings; not out of pride or vainglory, but to the honor of God, who enabled him to do and suffer…