Mark 13:9 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

In the synagogues ye shall be beaten:— It is certain that whipping and beating were punishments inflicted in the synagogues. Thus Paul punished the Christians, Acts 22:19; Acts 26:11. And that it was customary to whip both their wise men and their disciples, when guilty of any perverseness, may be fully proved from Vitringa de Synag. vet. lib. 3: cap. 2: All that is mentioned in this verse was exactly accomplished; for Peter and John were called before the Sanhedrim, Acts 4:6-7. James and Peter before Herod, Acts 12:2-3 and Paul before Nero, as well as before the Roman governors, Gallio, Felix, and Festus; and some were beaten, as Paul and Silas, &c. See the note on Matthew 10:17-18.