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6. καταλιθάσει. The word is a strong compound—used here only—‘will stone us to death.’ Herod had been daunted by the same dread, Mat 14:5; Jos. Antt. XVIII. 5, § 2. It illustrates the furious bursts of fanaticism to which the Jews were liable (Joh 8:59; Joh 10:31, &c.).
πεπεισμένος. ‘Firmly convinced.’ The tense implies an unalterable conclusion.