Graphic Bible · Scene 24 of 33

Close old plain leather scourge laid unused on a bare wooden stool in a dim room, no victim or blood.
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2 Corinthians 11:24

Forty Lashes Less One

Service, Suffering, and the Folly of Boasting · 2 Corinthians 11

Story guide: Visual essay: An unused scourge accompanies the reported lashes; no particular punishment, attacker or count is reconstructed.

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24Five times I received from the Jews forty lashes less one.

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