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Title: Σκόλοψ τῇ σαρκί in 2 Cor 12,7
Author(s): CALLAN, Terrance
Journal: Biblica
Volume: 106    Issue: 1   Date: 2025   
Pages: 110-123
DOI: 10.2143/BIB.106.1.3294361

Abstract :
This essay first surveys the history of interpretation of 2 Cor 12,7; it then discusses the uses of σκόλοψ in Greek literature; and finally it argues on the basis of this usage and exegesis of 2 Cor 12,7 that σκόλοψ in this passage should be understood as meaning 'stake', a means of execution like the σταυρός that was the means of executing Jesus.

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