9 Bible Verses about Scourging

Most Relevant Verses

Job 5:21

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

Acts 22:24

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it shall be, if the iniquitous man is deserving to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lay down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his iniquity, by number. He may give him forty stripes. He shall not exceed, lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem debased to thee.

Acts 22:25

And as they stretched him out with the thongs, Paul said to the centurion who stood by, Is it permitted for you to scourge a Roman man, and uncondemned?

John 19:1-6

Therefore Pilate then took Jesus and scourged him. And the soldiers having woven a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and put around him a purple garment. And they said, Hail, king of the Jews! And they gave him slaps.read more.
Therefore Pilate again went forth outside, and says to them, Behold, I bring him out to you, so that ye may know that I find not one cause in him. Jesus therefore came outside, wearing the thorny crown and the purple robe. And he says to them, Look at the man! When therefore the chief priests and the subordinates saw him, they cried out, saying, Crucify, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Ye take ye him and crucify, for I find no cause in him.

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Punishment » Minor offenses » Punishable by » Scourging

Proverbs 20:30

Stripes that wound cleanse away evil, and strokes, the innermost parts.

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

Acts 22:24

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

Acts 22:29

Straightway therefore those who were about to examine him withdrew from him. And the chief captain was also afraid when he learned that he was a Roman, and because he was who bound him.

Punishments » Scourging

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

Acts 22:24

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Scourging

Deuteronomy 25:2-3

And it shall be, if the iniquitous man is deserving to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lay down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his iniquity, by number. He may give him forty stripes. He shall not exceed, lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem debased to thee.

Scourging » Instances of » Of jesus

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul

Acts 21:32

And immediately after taking soldiers and centurions, he ran down to them. And they, when they saw the chief captain and the soldiers, stopped beating Paul.

Acts 22:24

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

2 Corinthians 11:24-25

From the Jews five times I received forty save one. Thrice I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, thrice I was shipwrecked, I have done a night and a day in the depth,

Scourging » Prescribed in the mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication

Leviticus 19:20

And whoever lays carnally with a woman, who is a bondmaid, betrothed to a husband, and not at all redeemed, nor freedom given her, they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.

Deuteronomy 22:18

And the elders of that city shall take the man and chastise him,

Scourging » Figurative » Of the oppressions of rulers

1 Kings 12:11

And now whereas my father burdened you with a heavy yoke, I will add to your yoke. My father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scorpions.

Scourging » Instances of » Of sosthenes

Acts 18:17

But all the Greeks, having taken Sosthenes the synagogue ruler, were beating him in front of the judgment seat. And Gallio was not going to judge, even of these things.

Scourging » Instances of » Of paul and silas

Acts 16:23

And having laid many blows upon them, they cast them into prison, having ordered the jailor to guard them securely,

Scourging » Figurative » Of the evil tongue

Job 5:21

Thou shall be hid from the scourge of the tongue. Neither shall thou be afraid of destruction when it comes.

Scourging » Foretold by jesus as a persecution of future Christians

Scourging » Of servants could be avenged

Exodus 21:20

And if a man smites his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he dies under his hand, he shall surely be punished.

Scourging » Fatal

Job 9:23

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Scourging » Prescribed for other offenses

Deuteronomy 25:2

And it shall be, if the iniquitous man is deserving to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lay down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his iniquity, by number.

Scourging » 40 stripes

Deuteronomy 25:3

He may give him forty stripes. He shall not exceed, lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then thy brother should seem debased to thee.

The Nation » Punishment » Scourging

Mark 15:15

And Pilate, wanting to do what was sufficent for the crowd, released Barabbas to them. And he delivered Jesus, after scourging, so that he might be crucified.

Acts 22:24

the chief captain commanded him be brought into the fort, having said to examine him by scourging, so that he might know for what reason they shouted against him this way.

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