And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

Who having laid hands on him, beat him, and sent him away empty.

and they, having taken him, did severely beat him, and did send him away empty.

But they seized him, beat him cruelly and sent him away empty-handed.

And they took him, and gave him blows, and sent him away with nothing.

But they, having apprehended him, beat him and sent him away empty.

but they seized him, and beat him, and sent him away empty-handed.

And they caught him,.... This clause is left out in the Syriac and Persic versions, though it seems proper to be retained; and denotes the rudeness and violence with which the prophets of the Lord were used by the Jewish nation:
and beat him: either with their fists, or with rods, and scourges, till the skin was flayed off:
and sent him away empty; without any fruit to carry with him, or give an account of, to the owner of the vineyard.