Too strong, as is also the Rev., onset. In case an actual assault had been made, it would have been absurd for Luke to tell us that “they were ware of it.” It is rather the purpose and intention of assault beginning to assume the character of a movement. See on Jam 3:4.
To stone
Paul says he was stoned once (2Co 11:25). This took place at Lystra (see Act 14:19).