Mar 12:5 | RWP | e4.org | Beating some and killing some ( ους μεν δεροντεσ, ους δε αποκτεννυντες ). This distributive use of the demonstrative appears also in in the singular ( ον μεν, ον δε, ον δε ). Originally δερω in Homer meant to skin, flay, then to smite, to beat. Αποκτεννυντες is a μ form of the verb ( αποκτεννυμ ) and means to kill off.

‏ Mark 12:5

Beating some and killing some ( ους μεν δεροντεσ, ους δε αποκτεννυντες ). This distributive use of the demonstrative appears also in Mt 21:35 in the singular ( ον μεν, ον δε, ον δε ). Originally δερω in Homer meant to skin, flay, then to smite, to beat. Αποκτεννυντες is a μ form of the verb ( αποκτεννυμ ) and means to kill off.