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stoned. 1Ki_21:13 (Naboth). 2Ch_24:20, 2Ch_24:21 (Zechariah). Jeremiah after the scene in Pathros (Hebrews 44), according to the Gemara.
sawn asunder. Greek. prizo. Only here. This was the death of Isaiah during the Manassean persecution (compare 2Ki_21:16), according to the Gemara.
were slain = died.
with the sword. Literally in (Greek. en) the slaughter of the sword.
wandered about. Greek. perierchomai. See Act_19:13.
sheepskins. Greek. melote. Only here.
and. Read "in" (Greek. en).
goatskins. Greek. aigeios (derma). Only here.
destitute. Greek. hustereo, to lack. See Luk_15:14.
afflicted. Greek. thlibo. See 2Co_1:6.
tormented = vilely treated. Greek. kakoucheo. Compare Heb_11:25; Heb_13:3 (suffer adversity). See 1Th_2:2.