How many times was Paul beaten with rods?
Paul was beaten with rods three times. He testifies, 'Three times I was beaten with rods,' and the context confirms this apostle endured that brutal punishment three times, even though he was not guilty. He suffered without antibiotics or hospital care.
Les teaches that Paul was beaten with rods three times, a brutal scourging like the caning of a young man in Hong Kong that the world decried as inhuman. Paul endured this three times though he was not guilty, without antibiotics or hospital care. Beyond that, he was stoned once, shipwrecked three times, spent a night and a day in the deep, and faced perils from robbers, his own countrymen, heathen, wilderness, and sea, plus weariness, hunger, thirst, cold, nakedness, and fastings.
Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned, thrice I suffered shipwreck, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
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How many times was Paul given the 39 stripes by the Jews?
Paul says he received the Jews' thirty-nine stripes five times and was beaten with rods three times, yet the Book of Acts records only one of the thirty-nine-stripe beatings and only one stoning.