Entreated them spitefully. — The Greek word implies the wanton infliction of outrage. The parable at this stage looks forward as well as backward, and seems to include the sufferings of Christian preachers and martyrs as well as those of the prophets who were sent to Israel.
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Matthew 22:6
6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.