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# forty lashes minus one
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This was a common expression for being whipped 39 times. In Jewish law the most they were allowed to whip a person at one time was forty lashes. So they commonly whipped a person thirty-nine times so that they would be guilty of whipping someone too many times if the accidentally counted wrong.
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# I was beaten with rods
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "people beat me with wooden rods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# I was stoned
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "people threw stones at me until they thought I was dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# I have spent a night and a day on the open sea
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Paul was referring to floating in the water after the ship he was on sank.
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# in danger from false brothers
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "and in danger from people who claimed to be brothers in Christ, but who betrayed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/gentile]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]] |