Luke 11:49

For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

In Context

48Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and you build their sepulchres.

50That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:1Doth not wisdom cry aloud, and prudence put forth her voice ?

Matthew 22:6And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.

Luke 21:16And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren, and kinsmen and friends; and some of you they will put to death.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he doth a service to God.

Acts 7:57And casting him forth without the city, they stoned him; and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man, whose name was Saul.

Acts 9:1And Saul, as yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,

Matthew Henry on Luke 11:38-54

Woes Denounced on That Generation; The Pharisees and Lawyers Reproved. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also? 41… Read the whole commentary →

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