They say (λεγουσιν). Vivid dramatic present active indicative, as is natural here.

Fall on us (Πεσατε εφ' …

And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us. This language is found substantially in Hosea 10:8: And they shall say to the mountai…

And the kings . . .—Translate, And the kings of the earth, and the magnates, and the commanders of hosts, and the wealthy, and…

Think of the contrast between this awful cry and the sentence we read just now: Then did they spit in his face. Mountains and rocks, f…

And said to the mountains and rocks, fall on us
They chose death rather than life. Dioclesian being invited by Const…

When the sixth seal was opened, there was a great earthquake. The foundations of churches and states would be terribly shaken. Such bold figurative…