Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 11:26 - 11:26

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Robertson Word Pictures - 2 Corinthians 11:26 - 11:26


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In journeyings (hodoiporiais). Locative case of old word, only here in N.T. and Joh 4:6, from hodoiporos, wayfarer.

In perils (kindunois). Locative case of kindunos, old word for danger or peril. In N.T. only this verse and Rom 8:35. The repetition here is very effective without the preposition en (in) and without conjunctions (asyndeton). They are in contrasted pairs. The rivers of Asia Minor are still subject to sudden swellings from floods in the mountains. Cicero and Pompey won fame fighting the Cilician pirates and robbers (note lēistōn, not kleptōn, thieves, brigands or bandits on which see Mat 26:55). The Jewish perils (ek genous, from my race) can be illustrated in Act 9:23, Act 9:29; Act 13:50; Act 14:5; Act 17:5, Act 17:13; Act 18:12; Act 23:12; Act 24:27, and they were all perils in the city also. Perils from the Gentiles (ex ethnōn) we know in Philippi (Act 16:20) and in Ephesus (Act 19:23.). Travel in the mountains and in the wilderness was perilous in spite of the great Roman highways.

Among false brethren (en pseudadelphois). Chapters 2 Corinthians 10; 11 throw a lurid light on this aspect of the subject.