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# forty lashes minus one
This was a common expression for being whipped 39 times. In Jewish law the most they were allowed to whip a person at one time was forty lashes. So they commonly whipped a person thirty-nine times so that they would be guilty of whipping someone too many times if the accidentally counted wrong.
# I was beaten with rods
This can be stated in active form. AT: "people beat me with wooden rods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# I was stoned
This can be stated in active form. AT: "people threw stones at me until they thought I was dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
# I have spent a night and a day on the open sea
Paul was referring to floating in the water after the ship he was on sank.
# in danger from false brothers
The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "and in danger from people who claimed to be brothers in Christ, but who betrayed us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])