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Matthew 27:26

Matthew 27:26

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

released: Mark 15:15; Luke 23:25

scourged: This of itself was a severe punishment, the flesh being generally cut by the whips used for this purpose. Matthew 20:19; Isaiah 50:6, Isaiah 53:5; Mark 10:34; Luke 18:32-33, Luke 23:16, Luke 23:24-25; John 19:1, John 19:16; 1 Peter 2:24

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