Assayed to kill me (epeirōnto diacheirisasthai). Conative imperfect middle of peiraō, the old form of the later Koiné[28928]š peirazō so common in the Koiné, but in N.T. here only. Some MSS. have it in Act 9:26; Heb 4:15. The old verb diacheirizō, to take in hand, middle to lay hands on, to slay, occurs in N.T. only here and Act 5:30 which see.