Mat 10:17 | NET2full | STEP | Beware of people , because they will hand you over to councils and flog you in their synagogues .

Matthew 10:17

17 Beware ^{▼▼tn Here δέ (de) has not been translated.} of people, because they will hand you over to councils ^{▼▼sn Councils in this context has a non-technical sense referring to local judicial bodies (courts) attached to the Jewish synagogue (cf. BDAG 967 s.v. συνέδριον 1.a). These courts would be responsible for meting out justice and discipline within the Jewish community.} and flog ^{▼▼tn Or “and have you flogged” (a causative sense). 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. ^{▼▼sn See the note on synagogues in 4:23.}