{Beating some and killing some} (hous men derontes, hous de
apoktennuntes). This distributive use of the demonstrative
appears also in  Mt 21:35  in the singular (hon men, hon de, hon
de). Originally der(935c) in Homer meant to skin, flay, then to
smite, to beat. Apoktennuntes is a mi form of the verb
(apoktennumi) and means to kill off.