Mat 10:17 | NETfull | STEP | Beware of people, because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues.

Matthew 10:17

17 Beware ^{▼▼ Here δέ (de) has not been translated.} of people, because they will hand you over to councils ^{▼▼ 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.} and flog ^{▼▼ 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.”} you in their synagogues. ^{▼▼ See the note on synagogues in 4:23.}