'Blows' in the Bible
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;
And the workmen made an attack on his servants, giving blows to one, putting another to death, and stoning another.
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;
Then they put shame on him, and were cruel to him: and some gave him blows, saying,
And they put shame on him, and gave him blows on the head with the rod.
And they will make sport of him, and put shame on him, and give him cruel blows, and will put him to death; and after three days he will come back from the dead.
And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.
And some put shame on him and, covering his face, gave him blows and said to him, Now say what is to come: and the captains took him and gave him blows with their hands.
And they gave him blows on the head with a stick and put shame on him and, going down on their knees, gave him worship.
And see, a spirit takes him, and suddenly he gives a cry, twisted in pain and streaming at the lips, and when it goes away from him at last, he is marked as from blows.
And Jesus, answering him, said, A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he got into the hands of thieves, who took his clothing and gave him cruel blows, and when they went away, he was half dead.
But if that servant says to himself, My lord is a long time coming; and goes about giving blows to the men-servants and the women-servants, feasting and taking overmuch wine;
And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;
But he who, without knowledge, did things for which punishment is given, will get only a small number of blows. The man to whom much is given, will have to give much; if much is given into his care, of him more will be requested.
When the master of the house has got up, and the door has been shut, and you, still outside, give blows on the door, saying, Lord, let us in; he will make answer and say, I have no knowledge of where you come from.
And he will be given cruel blows and put to death, and on the third day he will come back to life.
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.
And he sent another servant, and they gave blows to him in the same way, and put shame on him, and sent him away with nothing.
And the men in whose hands Jesus was, made sport of him and gave him blows.
Jesus said in answer, If I have said anything evil, give witness to the evil: but if I said what is true, why do you give me blows?
And they kept coming and saying, Long life to the King of the Jews! And they gave him blows with their hands.
But Peter went on giving blows on the door: and when it was open and they saw him, they were full of wonder.
And when they had given them a great number of blows, they put them in prison, giving orders to the keeper of the prison to keep them safely:
And they all made an attack on Sosthenes, the ruler of the Synagogue, and gave him blows before the judge's seat; but Gallio gave no attention to these things.
And straight away he took some armed men and went quickly down to them: and the Jews, seeing them, gave no more blows to Paul.
And when they had put leather bands round him, Paul said to the captain who was present, Is it the law for you to give blows to a man who is a Roman and has not been judged?
Then Paul said to him, God will give blows to you, you whitewashed wall: are you here to be my judge by law, and by your orders am I given blows against the law?
Even to this hour we are without food, drink, and clothing, we are given blows and have no certain resting-place;
So then I am running, not uncertainly; so I am fighting, not as one who gives blows in the air:
But I give blows to my body, and keep it under control, for fear that, after having given the good news to others, I myself might not have God's approval.
In blows, in prisons, in attacks, in hard work, in watchings, in going without food;
You put up with a man if he makes servants of you, if he makes profit out of you, if he makes you prisoners, if he puts himself in a high place, if he gives you blows on the face.
Are they servants of Christ? (I am talking foolishly) I am more so; I have had more experience of hard work, of prisons, of blows more than measure, of death.
Five times the Jews gave me forty blows but one.
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
And others were tested by being laughed at or by blows, and even with chains and prisons: