προσέθετο … πέμψαι. Jeremiah 44:4. Literally “And he added to send another”—a Hebraism, Luke 19:11; Acts 12:3; Genesis 4:2.

ἀτιμάσαντες. There is a gradation in their impious audacity. In St Matthew (Matthew 21:35) it is (1) beat, (2) killed, (3) stoned. In St Mark (Mark 12:3-5) it is (1) beat, and sent away empty; (2) wounded in the head, and insulted; (3) killed. And when more servants are sent they beat some and kill some. There is perhaps a specific allusion to Zachariah (Luke 11:51) and John the Baptist.

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Old Testament