{Which assaying to do} (h(8873) pieran labontes). Literally,
"of which taking trial" (second aorist active participle of
lamban(935c), to take). The idiom peiran lambanein occurs in  De
28:56 , in N.T. only here and verse  36 , though a classical
idiom (Demosthenes, etc.). {Were swallowed up} (katepoth(8873)an).
First aorist passive indicative of katapin(935c), to drink down, to
swallow down ( Mt 23:24 ).