Charles Ellicott Commentary Matthew 21:35

"And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another." — Matthew 21:35 (ASV)

Beat one, and killed another—The language paints the general treatment of the prophets, with Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Zechariah the son of Jehoiada being the most conspicuous instances. The words of our Lord in Matthew 23:30 and 23:34, no less than those in Hebrews 11:37, imply that the prophets as a class had no light or easy task and were called, one by one, to suffer persecution for the faithful exercise of their office.