Stripes
/STRYPS/
Summary
A form of corporal punishment involving beatings, administered according to legal limits under Mosaic law.
☩Definition and Practice
Stripes refers to the marks or wounds left by blows in a beating. Under the Mosaic law, punishment by stripes was limited to forty blows to prevent excessive cruelty. The Apostle Paul endured this punishment multiple times for his faith, receiving 'forty stripes save one' from the Jews on five occasions.
Key verses:Deuteronomy 25:2-32 Corinthians 11:24-252 Corinthians 6:5
Related Verses15 mentions
See Also
References
- 1.James Orr (ed.), "Stripes," in International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, vol. V (Howard-Severance Company, 1915).
- 2.James Hastings (ed.), "Stripes," in Dictionary of the Apostolic Church, vol. II (T. & T. Clark, 1915–1918).