2 CORINTHIANS 12:8 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me.”
Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me — Paul *trís*, three times, *deésis*, pleaded (*parakaléō*) the *kyrios*, the Lord, for *aphistemi*, removal. *Persistence in prayer* mirrors his *resistance* to false apostles. Yet *three* times brings to mind *Christ's Gethsemane prayer* — *submission to divine will*.
Church Fathers on 2 Corinthians 12:8
“Concerning this thing I besought the Lord thrice.” That is, oftentimes. This also is a mark of great lowliness of mind, his not concealing that he could not bear those insidious plottings, that he fainted under them and was reduced to pray for deliverance.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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