# Epistle of Barnabas 5.14

- Author: Anonymous
- Work: [Epistle of Barnabas](https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/) (*Epistula Barnabae*)
- Date: ca. 70–135 (often ca. 130) (disputed)
- Source: Lake, LCL 24:356–358; Kirsopp Lake, ed. and trans., The Apostolic Fathers, vol. 1, LCL 24 (London: Heinemann; New York: Macmillan, 1912), 340–407 (Greek text: K. Lake, The Apostolic Fathers (LCL, 1912), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Translation: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26
- Canonical URL: https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/5/14/

Summary: Isaiah: the servant gave his back to scourging.

## Greek text

καὶ πάλιν λέγει· Ἰδού, τέθεικά μου τὸν νῶτον εἰς μάστιγας, τὰς δὲ σιαγόνας εἰς ῥαπίσματα. τὸ δὲ πρόσωπόν μου ἔθηκα ὡς στερεὰν πέτραν.

## English translation (Claude)

And again he says, “Behold, I have given my back to scourges and my cheeks to blows, and I have set my face like a solid rock.”

## Scripture references

- Isa 50:6: quotation, high confidence
- Isa 50:7: quotation, high confidence

## Citation (SBL)

Barn. 5.14 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/barnabas/5/14/).