2Cor 11:24 | RWP | e4.org | Five times received I forty stripes save one ( πεντακις τεσσερακοντα παρα μιαν ελαβον ). The Acts and the Epistles are silent about these Jewish floggings ( ). See on for omission of πληγας (stripes). Thirty-nine lashes was the rule for fear of a miscount ( ). Cf. Josephus ( Ant . IV. 8, 1, 21).

‏ 2 Corinthians 11:24

Five times received I forty stripes save one ( πεντακις τεσσερακοντα παρα μιαν ελαβον ). The Acts and the Epistles are silent about these Jewish floggings (Mt 27:36). See on Lu 12:47 for omission of πληγας (stripes). Thirty-nine lashes was the rule for fear of a miscount (De 25:1-3). Cf. Josephus (Ant. IV. 8, 1, 21).