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Scourging
(1 Kgs 12:11). Variously administered. In no case were the stripes to exceed forty (Deut 25:3; comp. 2 Cor 11:24). In the time of the apostles, in consequence of the passing of what was called the Porcian law, no Roman citizen could be scourged in any case (Acts 16:22–37). (See Bastinado.) In the scourging of our Lord (Matt 27:26; Mark 15:15) the words of prophecy (Isa 53:5) were fulfilled.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
