Not only were such floggings dreadful punishments, pushing human endurance to the limit but, in the case of Paul and Silas, they were also out of order.
Säärane peksmine polnud pelgalt kohutav karistus, mis inimese vastupidavuse viimase piirini viib, vaid Pauluse ja Siilase puhul oli see ka seadusevastane.