Matthew 10:17

Beware ¹  of people, because they will hand you over to councils ²  and flog ³  you in their synagogues. ⁴ 

De 25:2,3; Mic 7:5; Mt 5:22; Mt 20:19; Mt 23:34; Mt 24:9,10; Mt 26:59; Mr 13:9,12; Mr 13:9; Lu 12:11; Lu 21:12,13; Joh 11:47; Joh 16:2; Ac 4:6-22; Ac 5:26-42; Ac 5:40; Ac 14:5,6; Ac 17:14; Ac 22:19; Ac 23:1-11; Ac 23:12-22; Ac 26:11; 2Co 11:24-26; 2Co 11:24,25; Php 3:2; 2Ti 4:15; Heb 11:36

¹ tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.

² 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.

³ 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.”

⁴ sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.