Topic
Stripes
8 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Deuteronomy 25:1–3Easton
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. And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to…
- Matthew 27:26Easton
¶ Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
- Acts 16:37Easton
But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily? nay verily; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
- Acts 16:38Easton
And the serjeants told these words unto the magistrates: and they feared, when they heard that they were Romans.
- Acts 22:25–29Easton
And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest: for…
- 2 Corinthians 6:5Nave Inflicted on Paul
In stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings;
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Nave Inflicted on Paul
Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
- 2 Corinthians 11:24Easton
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 6 references
As a punishment were not to exceed forty (Deut. 25:1-3), and hence arose the custom of limiting them to thirty-nine (2 Cor. 11:24). Paul claimed the privilege of a Roman citizen in regard to the infliction of stripes (Acts 16:37, 38; 22:25-29). Our Lord was beaten with stripes (Matt. 27:26).
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 0 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 0 references
strips.
See PUNISHMENTS.
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.