Deuteronomy 25:2
And it shall be, if the iniquitous man is deserving to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lay down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his iniquity, by number.
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Matthew 10:17But beware of men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues,
Luke 12:47And that bondman who knew his lord's will, and who did not prepare, nor do according to his will, will be beaten much,
Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them. And the magistrates, having torn off their clothes, commanded to beat them with rods.
1 Peter 2:24Who himself took up our sins in his body upon the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live to the righteousness of him from whose wound ye were healed.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 25:2-5
Stripes Not to Exceed Forty. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked. 2 And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number. 3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then… Read the whole commentary →