When the ruler returned he punished severely the ones who knew of his instructions and failed to comply with them. But, Christ said, those who were ignorant of the ruler's commands were punished with "few stripes".
Hardly a convincing argument; even one stripe is a clear injustice.
201 posted on 01/03/2005 7:50:48 AM PST by steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)