Not only were such floggings dreadful punishments, pushing human endurance to the limit but, in the case of Paul and Silas, they were also out of order. Why?
Šādu nežēlīgu miesas sodu bija ārkārtīgi grūti izturēt, turklāt Pāvila un Sīlas gadījumā tas bija pilnīgi pretlikumīgs.