Surprise of the Day  

How injured were the apostles when they preached after being beaten?

Acts 5:40-42  –  Deuteronomy 25:3

Fact of the Day

The apostles were flogged by the Sanhedrin with 39 lashes from a leather whip.  

The following is an eye-witness account of 40 whip lashings at https://bit.ly/452Ih32

• 14th stroke – Blood appeared
• 20th stroke – The red stripes could hardly be distinguished. The back was one red quivering mass.
• 29th stroke – The dark blood, which had made its appearance in small clots after the first few lashes, began to ooze from the lacerated flesh and trickle down his back
• 40th stroke – He was close to fainting, only capable of uttering quiet moans, and his limp body hung by his arms.

But, the next morning, the gutsy apostles struggled out of bed, walked bent over in excruciating fiery pain, showed up at the temple again, and resumed preaching “day after day”.

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