3:53a They dropped me alive into a pit

Because they wanted to kill me, they threw me into a well.
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They wanted to kill me by tossing me into a deep water hole.

3:53b and cast stones upon me

Then they threw stones at me.
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Then they covered the hole with a stone.

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