KJV King James Version
Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
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2 Corinthians 11:24
Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
WEB World English Bible
Five times from the Jews I received forty stripes minus one.
ASV American Standard Version
Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
from Jews five times forty stripes save one I did receive;
Surrounding context — 2 Corinthians 11
21 I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit whereinsoever any is bold, (I speak foolishly,) I am bold also.
22 Are they Hebrews? so [am] I. Are they Israelites? so [am] I. Are they the seed of Abraham? so [am] I.
23 Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I [am] more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
24 Of the Jews five times received I forty [stripes] save one.
25 Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
26 [In] journeyings often, [in] perils of waters, [in] perils of robbers, [in] perils by [mine own] countrymen, [in] perils by the heathen, [in] perils in the city, [in] perils in the wilderness, [in] perils in the sea, [in] perils among false brethren;
27 In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
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Mark 13:9But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them.Deuteronomy 25:2-3And it shall be, if the wicked man [be] worthy to be beaten, that the judge shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.Matthew 10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;
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