²⁴ Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes^(A) minus one.

⁹ “You must be on your guard. You will be handed over to the local councils and flogged in the synagogues.^(A) On account of me you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.

² If the guilty person deserves to be beaten,^(A) the judge shall make them lie down and have them flogged in his presence with the number of lashes the crime deserves, ³ but the judge must not impose more than forty lashes.^(B) If the guilty party is flogged more than that, your fellow Israelite will be degraded in your eyes.^(C)

¹⁷ Be on your guard; you will be handed over to the local councils^(A) and be flogged in the synagogues.^(B)