2 Corinthians 11:24 — Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. [Deut 25:3] — AMP | maBible
Read 2 Corinthians 11:24 (Amplified Bible) on maBible, the Bible online. Other reference formats: 2 Corinthians 11.24, 2 Corinthians 11v24, 2Co. 11:24. Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. [Deut 25:3]
24 Five times I received from the Jews thirty-nine lashes. [Deut 25:3]
Notes and references
OT law limited judicial scourging (whipping) to forty lashes. The Jews established a tradition of thirty-nine lashes to minimize the risk of making a mistake in the count and giving the guilty party more than forty.