34. ἀποστέλλω … προφήτας καὶ σοφοὺς καὶ γραμματεὶς. Marking the continuity of the Christian with the Jewish Church.
ἀποκτενεῖτε καὶ σταυρώσετε. Kill, directly as Stephen (Act 7:59), indirectly as James (Act 12:2), and crucify, by means of the Roman power, as Symeon, second Bishop of Jerusalem (Eus. H. E. III. 32).
μαστιγώσετε ἐν ταῖς συν. See note ch. Mat 4:23.
ἀπὸ πόλεως εἰς πόλιν. As Paul pursued Christians to Damascus; as he was himself driven from Antioch in Pisidia, from Iconium, from Philippi, and from Thessalonica.