Sermon Tone Analysis

King James Version Matt.Chapter 27

26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.

SCOURGE Severe form of corporal punishment involving whipping and beating, usually was done with the victim tied to a post or bench and administered by a servant of the synagogue (if for religious reasons) or by a slave or soldier

The number of blows was set in Deut.

25:3 at 40 but later reduced to 39.

There were to be 13 strokes on the chest and 26 on the back.

Often the victim died from the beating.

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Stripes from Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Stripes—as a punishment were not to exceed forty (Deut.

25:1–3), and hence arose the custom of limiting them to thirty-nine (2 Cor.

11:24).

Paul claimed the privilege of a Roman citizen in regard to the infliction of stripes (Acts 16:37, 38; 22:25–29).

Our Lord was beaten with stripes (Matt.

27:26).

Is 53:5 But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: The chastisement of our peace was upon him; And with his stripes we are healed.

A whipping boy was a boy educated alongside a prince (or boy monarch) in early modern Europe, who supposedly received corporal punishment for the prince's transgressions in his presence.

The prince was not punished himself because his royal status exceeded that of his tutor; seeing a friend punished would provide an equivalent motivation not to repeat the offence.