2 Corinthians 11:24 meaning and explanation
Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
2 Corinthians 11:24, Berean Standard Bible
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Paul is answering rival teachers in Corinth who boasted of their credentials, so he reluctantly lists his own hardships as a servant of Christ. The forty lashes minus one was the standard Jewish synagogue punishment, capped at forty by Deuteronomy 25:3 and reduced by one to avoid accidentally exceeding the limit.
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