Deuteronomy 25:2
then it has come to pass, if the wrongdoer is to be struck, that the judge has caused him to fall down, and [one] has struck him in his presence, according to the sufficiency of his wrongdoing, by number;
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Matthew 10:17And take heed of men, for they will give you up to Sanhedrins, and in their synagogues they will scourge you,
Luke 12:47And that servant, who having known his lord’s will, and having not prepared, nor having gone according to his will, will be beaten with many stripes,
Acts 16:22And the multitude rose up together against them, and the magistrates having torn their garments from them, were commanding to beat [them] with rods,
1 Peter 2:24who Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree that having died to sins, we may live to righteousness; by whose stripes you 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 →