[B-Greek] 2 Cor 12:7 beatings or diseases

Jeffrey B. Gibson jgibson000 at comcast.net
Fri Jan 9 19:38:32 EST 2009


George F Somsel wrote:
> There is a certain amount of deduction involved in stating that this "thorn in the flesh" is a reference to problems with his eyes (incidentally, the word does signify a "thorn" or "splinter").  This deduction involves the reference to his Damascus Road experience and subsequent temporary blindness as recorded in Acts as well as his reference to his large writing in his letter to the Galatians. 
>   

Actually the deduction seems to stem from his acknowledgment in Gal 4:15 
that the Galatians would have given him their eyes, doesn't it?

Jeffrey

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