Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.
Parallel translations
- WEB So Pilate then took Jesus, and flogged him.
- KJV Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him.
- NKJV So then Pilate took Jesus and scourged Him.
- NASB So Pilate then took Jesus and had Him flogged.
- NLT Then Pilate had Jesus flogged with a lead-tipped whip.
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Quick answer
Pilate has Jesus scourged, a brutal Roman flogging, even though he has found no guilt in him. It marks the start of Jesus' physical suffering as Pilate tries to appease the crowd.
Overview
Roman scourging tore the flesh with a leather whip and was itself sometimes fatal. Pilate likely hoped this lesser punishment would satisfy the crowd and let him release Jesus, yet he is condemning a man he repeatedly declares innocent. Jesus willingly bears this suffering, fulfilling Isaiah's portrait of the Servant by whose stripes we are healed (Isaiah 53:5).
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- Isa 53:5But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- Isa 50:6I offered My back to those who struck Me, and My cheeks to those who tore out My beard. I did not hide My face from scorn and spittle.
- Matt 20:19and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles to be mocked and flogged and crucified. And on the third day He will be raised to life.”
- Luke 18:33They will flog Him and kill Him, and on the third day He will rise again.”
- Luke 23:16Therefore I will punish Him and release Him.”
- Matt 23:34Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute in town after town.
- Mark 15:15–20And wishing to satisfy the crowd, Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Luke 23:23But they were insistent, demanding with loud voices for Jesus to be crucified. And their clamor prevailed.
- Matt 27:26–31So Pilate released Barabbas to them. But he had Jesus flogged, and handed Him over to be crucified.
- Mark 10:33–34“Look, we are going up to Jerusalem, and the Son of Man will be delivered over to the chief priests and scribes. They will condemn Him to death and will deliver Him over to the Gentiles,
- Ps 129:3The plowmen plowed over my back; they made their furrows long.
- Heb 11:36Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
- 1 Pet 2:24He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we might die to sin and live to righteousness. “By His stripes you are healed.”
- 2 Cor 11:24Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one.
- Acts 22:24–25the commander ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks. He directed that Paul be flogged and interrogated to determine the reason for this outcry against him.
- Acts 16:22–23The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods.
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