Beating
Beating
The Authorized Version uses the word beat to express some form of corporal punishment, without defining the particular mode of infliction. 1. In Act 5:40; Act 22:19 when (to scourge, so as to flay off the skin) is thus translated, the allusion is to the Jewish mode of castigation, inflicted with a leathern scourge, in the former instance by the authority of the supreme Sanhedrin at Jerusalem, in the latter by that of the rulers of the synagogues, or local Sanhedrins, at the instigation of Saul. St. Paul himself, during the period of his apostolic career previous to the writing of 2 Cor., was subjected to this species of chastisement on no less than five occasions (2Co 11:24), none of which is referred to in the Acts.
2. In Act 16:22, when is rendered by the verb beat, the allusion is to the Roman punishment with rods. In defiance of the Roman Law, which exempted every citizen from the disgrace of being scourged with rods or whips, the duumvirs at Philippi subjected St. Paul and Silas to this cruel form of maltreatment. St. Paul suffered from two other inflictions of the same sort, regarding which the Acts is silent.
3. In Act 18:17; Act 21:32 the verb is used to denote another mode of beating, namely, that inflicted by mob violence. In the case of Sosthenes, the assault, apparently by members of the Greek lower order, entailed no danger to the life or limb of the victim. In St. Pauls case, on the other hand, the onslaught by the fanatical Asiatic Jews was of such a violent character that nothing but the timely intervention of the Roman tribune prevented a fatal result.
See, further, article Scourging.
W. S. Montgomery.
Fuente: Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
Beating
SEE BASTINADO.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Beating
BEATING.See Crimes and Punishments, 9.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Beating
beting. See PUNISHMENTS.
Fuente: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Beating
As a punishment
Exo 5:14; Deu 25:3; Mar 13:9; Act 5:40; Act 16:22; Act 16:37; Act 18:17; Act 21:32; Act 22:19 Assault and Battery; Punishment