Mark 12:5

And again he sent another ,.... That is, another servant, or set of men, it may be in the times of the Maccabees, who were used in a very inhuman manner; see Hebrews 11:37 ;

and him they killed ; either with the sword, or by inflicting some capital punishment, as stoning, strangling, &c.;

and many others ; that is, either the owner of the vineyard sent many other servants, or the husbandmen ill used many others that were sent to them:

beating some ; with their hands, or with scourges;

and killing some ; in one or other of the above ways.