... citizenship known to the authorities in time (cf. Acts 16:37; 22:25–29). Furthermore, Roman officials sometimes ignored strict legality in their treatment of citizens. For example, before the outbreak of the Jewish War in A.D. 66 the procurator Gessius Florus had two Jews who were Roman citizens publicly flogged and crucified (cf. Josephus, War 2.308). Paul mentions that he was stoned (or, more unequivocally, with the NRSV, “received a stoning”) once. Stoning is the most common form of execution in ...
... citizenship known to the authorities in time (cf. Acts 16:37; 22:25–29). Furthermore, Roman officials sometimes ignored strict legality in their treatment of citizens. For example, before the outbreak of the Jewish War in A.D. 66 the procurator Gessius Florus had two Jews who were Roman citizens publicly flogged and crucified (cf. Josephus, War 2.308). Paul mentions that he was stoned (or, more unequivocally, with the NRSV, “received a stoning”) once. Stoning is the most common form of execution in ...