SCOURGING

–(Corporal punishment by stripes)

–Prescribed in the Mosaic law for committing the sin of fornication Le 19:20; De 22:18

–Prescribed for other offenses De 25:2

–40 Stripes was the maximum number De 25:3

–Fatal Job 9:23

–Of servants could be avenged Ex 21:20

–Foretold by Jesus as a persecution of future Christians Mt 10:17

–Of children

.See CHILDREN, CORRECTION OF PUNISHMEMT

–INSTANCES OF

.Of Jesus Mt 20:19; 27:26; Mr 15:15; Joh 19:1

.Of Paul and Silas Ac 16:23

.Of Paul Ac 21:32; 22:24; 2Co 11:24,25

.Of Sosthenes Ac 18:17

–FIGURATIVE

.Of the oppressions of rulers 1Ki 12:11

.Of the evil tongue Job 5:21

.See ASSAULT AND BATTERY