<p>12:4 <i>And again he sent to them another servant- and him they wounded in the head and handled shamefully</i>- When the world reviled him, Paul saw himself as the beaten prophets Jesus had spoken about (2 Cor. 11:24,25 = Mt. 21:35).&nbsp;Mk. 12:4 adds that the last servant was &ldquo;wounded in the head&rdquo;, surely a reference to the beheading of John the Baptist and shameful treatment of his severed head. &quot;Handled shamefully&quot; is s.w. Is. 53:3 LXX &quot;despised&quot;. The Old Testament prophets suffered aspects of what the Lord suffered at their hands.</p>