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And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment:
Hebrews 11:36 · King James Version
Parallel translations
  • WEB Others were tried by mocking and scourging, yes, moreover by bonds and imprisonment.
  • BSB Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
  • NKJV Still others had trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, and of chains and imprisonment.
  • NASB and others experienced mocking and flogging, and further, chains and imprisonment.
  • NLT Some were jeered at, and their backs were cut open with whips. Others were chained in prisons.

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Others endured mocking, flogging, chains, and imprisonment for their faith. Faithfulness to God often brings scorn and suffering rather than relief.

Overview

The author lists the indignities faithful believers have suffered: ridicule, scourging, and bonds. Such trials marked many prophets and saints, showing that faith frequently leads through persecution. These sufferings anticipate and parallel those of Christ himself, who endured mocking, scourging, and rejection, and they encourage believers to endure as he did.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 40

  • Jer 20:2Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.
  • Gen 39:20And Joseph’s master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king’s prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison.
  • Jer 37:15–21Wherefore the princes were wroth with Jeremiah, and smote him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe: for they had made that the prison.
  • 2 Chr 30:10So the posts passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh even unto Zebulun: but they laughed them to scorn, and mocked them.
  • Matt 23:34Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:
  • Jer 32:2–3For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem: and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house.
  • 2 Chr 16:10Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.
  • Jer 20:7O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
  • Heb 10:34For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
  • Lam 3:52–55Mine enemies chased me sore, like a bird, without cause.
  • Acts 12:4–19And when he had apprehended him, he put him in prison, and delivered him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after Easter to bring him forth to the people.
  • Jer 36:6Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
  • 2 Kgs 2:23And he went up from thence unto Bethel: and as he was going up by the way, there came forth little children out of the city, and mocked him, and said unto him, Go up, thou bald head; go up, thou bald head.
  • Luke 23:11And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.
  • Matt 20:19And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Matt 27:26Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified.
  • Luke 23:36And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar,
  • 1 Kgs 22:24But Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah went near, and smote Micaiah on the cheek, and said, Which way went the Spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee?
  • Ps 105:17–18He sent a man before them, even Joseph, who was sold for a servant:
  • Luke 18:32For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and spitefully entreated, and spitted on:
  • Rev 2:10Fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.
  • Acts 5:40And to him they agreed: and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.
  • Jer 29:26The LORD hath made thee priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that ye should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and maketh himself a prophet, that thou shouldest put him in prison, and in the stocks.
  • 2 Tim 2:9Wherein I suffer trouble, as an evil doer, even unto bonds; but the word of God is not bound.
  • 2 Tim 1:16The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus; for he oft refreshed me, and was not ashamed of my chain:
  • Acts 4:3And they laid hands on them, and put them in hold unto the next day: for it was now eventide.
  • Jer 38:6–13Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
  • Acts 24:27But after two years Porcius Festus came into Felix’ room: and Felix, willing to shew the Jews a pleasure, left Paul bound.
  • 2 Chr 36:16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
  • Acts 21:33Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done.
  • Judg 16:25And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.
  • 2 Cor 11:23–25Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
  • Matt 21:35And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.
  • Jer 38:28So Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
  • 1 Kgs 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
  • Eph 4:1I therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called,
  • Mark 10:34And they shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.
  • Acts 16:22–40And the multitude rose up together against them: and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them.
  • Acts 5:18And laid their hands on the apostles, and put them in the common prison.
  • Acts 8:3As for Saul, he made havock of the church, entering into every house, and haling men and women committed them to prison.

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