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The Severity of "39 Stripes"
Commentators explain that the "forty stripes save one" was a Jewish punishment based on Deuteronomy 25:3. The legal maximum was 40 stripes, but the custom was to give 39 to avoid accidentally breaking the law. Scholars note this was not an act of mercy toward Paul; it was the maximum penalty allowed, inflicted on him five separate times, showing the extreme hostility he faced.
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2 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 2 Corinthians 11:24
18th Century
Theologian
Of the Jews, etc. On this verse and the following verse it is important to make a few preliminary remarks before explaining the phrases.
AT Robertson
On 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 …
Charles Ellicott
On 2 Corinthians 11:24
19th Century
Bishop
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.—None of these are recorded in the Acts. It is probable that the…
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Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 2 Corinthians 11:24
When Paul turns from the matter of his nationality to that of achievement (vv.23–29), he lays claim to superiority over his rivals and begins to sp…
John Calvin
On 2 Corinthians 11:24
16th Century
Theologian
From the Jews. It is certain that the Jews had at that time been deprived of jurisdiction, but as this was a kind of moderate punishment (…
John Gill
On 2 Corinthians 11:24
17th Century
Pastor
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one . ] We have no account in the Acts of the Apostles, or elsewhere…
Matthew Henry
On 2 Corinthians 11:22–33
17th Century
Minister
The apostle gives an account of his labors and sufferings; not out of pride or vainglory, but to the honor of God, who enabled him to do and suffer…