Mark 12:4

wounded him in the head The original word, which generally denotes to comprehend in one sum, or under one head, is nowhere else used in this sense. Some MSS. omit the words they cast stones, and instead of "sent him away shamefully handled," read simply, "used him shamefully" (comp. 2 Samuel 10:4). Thus Jezebel "slew the prophets of the Lord" (1 Kings 18:13); Micaiah was thrown into a dungeon by Ahab (1 Kings 22:24-27); Elijah was threatened with death by Jezebel (1 Kings 19:2); Elisha by Jehoram (2 Kings 6:31); Zechariah was stoned at the commandment of Joash (2 Chronicles 24:21; comp. 2 Chronicles 36:16); Jeremiah was stoned by the exiles in Egypt; Isaiah, according to Jewish tradition, was sawn asunder (Hebrews 11:37-38; 2 Chronicles 36:15-16).