SCOURGING.See Crimes and Punishments, 9, and Crucifixion, 4.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Scourging. The punishment of scourging was common among the Jews. The instrument of punishment in ancient Egypt, as it is also, in modern times, generally in the East, was usually the stick, applied to the soles of the feet ? bastinado. Under the Roman method, the culprit was stripped, stretched with cords or thongs on a frame and beaten with rods. (Another form of the scourge consisted of a handle with three lashes or thongs of leather or cord, sometimes with pieces of metal fastened to them. Roman citizens were exempt by their law from scourging. ? Editor)
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
a practice sanctioned by the Romish Church, whereby an individual, for the mortifying of the flesh, voluntarily scourges himself. This is resorted to in many monasteries at regular intervals, frequently as often as three times a week. and in many cases much oftener. The act is also performed at Rome on particular days during Lent. SEE FLAGELLANTES.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.