Matius 23:34

23:34 “For this reason I ¹  am sending you prophets and wise men and experts in the law, ²  some of whom you will kill and crucify, ³  and some you will flog ⁴  in your synagogues ⁵  and pursue from town to town,

Markus 13:9

Persecution of Disciples

13:9 “You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over ⁶  to councils ⁷  and beaten in the synagogues. ⁸  You will stand before governors and kings ⁹  because of me, as a witness to them.

Kisah Para Rasul 5:40

5:40 and they summoned the apostles and had them beaten. ¹⁰  Then ¹¹  they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus and released them.

[23:34]  ¹ tn Grk “behold I am sending.” The Greek word ἰδού (idou) has not been translated because it has no exact English equivalent here, but adds interest and emphasis (BDAG 468 s.v. 1).

[23:34]  ² tn Or “scribes.” See the note on the phrase “experts in the law” in 2:4.

[23:34]  ³ sn See the note on crucified in 20:19.

[23:34]  ⁴ tn BDAG 620 s.v. μαστιγόω 1.a states, “of flogging as a punishment decreed by the synagogue (Dt 25:2f; s. the Mishna Tractate Sanhedrin-Makkoth, edited w. notes by SKrauss ’33) w. acc. of pers. Mt 10:17; 23:34.”

[23:34]  ⁵ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.

[13:9]  ⁶ tn Grk “They will hand you over.” “They” is an indefinite plural, referring to people in general. The parallel in Matt 10:17 makes this explicit.

[13:9]  ⁷ sn Councils in this context refers to local judicial bodies attached to the Jewish synagogue. This group would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.

[13:9]  ⁸ sn See the note on synagogue in 1:21.

[13:9]  ⁹ sn These statements look at persecution both from a Jewish context as the mention of councils and synagogues suggests, and from a Gentile one as the reference to governors and kings suggests. Some fulfillment of Jewish persecution can be seen in Acts.

[5:40]  ¹⁰ sn Had them beaten. The punishment was the “forty lashes minus one,” see also Acts 22:19; 2 Cor 11:24; Mark 13:9. The apostles had disobeyed the religious authorities and took their punishment for their “disobedience” (Deut 25:2-3; m. Makkot 3:10-14). In Acts 4:18 they were warned. Now they are beaten. The hostility is rising as the narrative unfolds.

[5:40]  ¹¹ tn The word “Then” is supplied as the beginning of a new sentence in the translation. The construction in Greek has so many clauses (most of them made up of participles) that a continuous English sentence would be very awkward.