Acts 5:40

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.

Beaten

2 Corinthians 11:24

They commanded

Micah 2:6

General references

Acts 16:35

Bible References

Beaten

An upright man has thought for the life of his beast, but the hearts of evil-doers are cruel.

But be on the watch against men: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins, and in their Synagogues they will give you blows;

For this reason, I send you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them you will put to death and put on the cross, and to some of them you will give blows in your Synagogues, driving them from town to town;

But take care: for they will give you up to the Sanhedrins; and in Synagogues you will be whipped; and you will be taken before rulers and kings because of me, for a sign to them.

And at the right time he sent a servant to the workers to get part of the fruit from the vines; but the workmen gave him blows and sent him away with nothing.

Then Pilate took Jesus and had him whipped with cords.

Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.

They commanded

We gave you very clear orders not to give teaching in this name: and now Jerusalem is full of your teaching, and you are attempting to make us responsible for this man's death.

But so that it may not go farther among the people, let us put them in fear of punishment if they say anything in future in this name.

Who say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Do not give us word of what is true, but say false things to give us pleasure:

But to those who were separate you gave wine for drink; and to the prophets you said, Be prophets no longer.

Let not words like these be dropped, they say: Shame and the curse will not come to the family of Jacob!

General references

And if the wrongdoer is to undergo punishment by whipping, the judge will give orders for him to go down on his face and be whipped before him, the number of the blows being in relation to his crime.

Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.

And when they had come together with those in authority, and had made their decision, they gave much money to the watchmen, saying,

And so I will give him punishment and let him go.

But when it was day, the authorities sent the police, saying, Let these men go.