But when he was ready to die with stripes, he groaned, and said, It is manifest unto the Lord, that hath the holy knowledge, that whereas I might have been delivered from death, I now endure sore pains in body by being beaten: but in soul am well content to suffer these things, because I fear him.
As he was dying from the blows, he groaned and said, The Lord, who possesses all holy knowledge, clearly sees that though I could have escaped death, I now endure terrible pain in my body from this beating, yet in my soul I gladly suffer these things because I fear him.
