Scourging
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Scourging in the Bible Dictionary
- (Corporal punishment by stripes)
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Prescribed in the Mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication
Lev 19:20; Deut 22:18
20 And whosoever lieth carnally with a woman, that is a bondmaid, betrothed to an husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her; she shall be scourged; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free.
Leviticus 19:2018 And the elders of that city shall take that man and chastise him;
Deuteronomy 22:18 -
Prescribed for other offenses
Deut 25:2
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.
Deuteronomy 25:2 -
40 Stripes was the maximum number
Deut 25:3
3 Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem vile unto thee.
Deuteronomy 25:3 -
Fatal
Job 9:23
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Job 9:23 -
Of servants could be avenged
Ex 21:20
20 And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Exodus 21:20 -
Foretold by Jesus as a persecution of future Christians
Matt 10:17
17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
Matthew 10:17 - Of children
- See Children, correction of punishmemt
- Instances of
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Of Jesus
Matt 20:19; 27:26; Mark 15:15; John 19:1
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
Matthew 20:1926 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
Matthew 27:2615 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged him, to be crucified.
Mark 15:151 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
John 19:1 -
Of Paul and Silas
Acts 16:23
23 And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely:
Acts 16:23 -
Of Paul
Acts 21:32; 22:24; 2 Cor 11:24, 25
32 Who immediately took soldiers and centurions, and ran down unto them: and when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, they left beating of Paul.
Acts 21:3224 The chief captain commanded him to be brought into the castle, and bade that he should be examined by scourging; that he might know wherefore they cried so against him.
Acts 22:2424 Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
2 Corinthians 11:2425 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
2 Corinthians 11:25 -
Of Sosthenes
Acts 18:17
17 Then all the Greeks took Sosthenes, the chief ruler of the synagogue, and beat him before the judgment seat. And Gallio cared for none of those things.
Acts 18:17 - Figurative
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Of the oppressions of rulers
1 Kgs 12:11
11 And now whereas my father did lade you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke: my father hath chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.
1 Kings 12:11 -
Of the evil tongue
Job 5:21
21 Thou shalt be hid from the scourge of the tongue: neither shalt thou be afraid of destruction when it cometh.
Job 5:21 - See Assault and battery
From Nave’s Topical Bible (1896), by Orville J. Nave.
