1 Thessalonians 2:15

who both killed the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us forth, and please not God, and are contrary to all men;

The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)

In The King James Version

Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

In Context

14For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which are in Judaea in Christ Jesus; for ye also suffered the same things of your own countrymen, as they have of the Jews;

16hindering us from speaking to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; and the wrath came upon them to the utmost.

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Cross References

Matthew 5:12Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

Matthew 23:31So that ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of those who killed the prophets;

Matthew 27:25And all the people answering said: His blood be on us, and on our children.

Luke 13:33But yet, I must go to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following; because it may not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

Acts 2:23this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones;

Matthew Henry on 1 Thessalonians 2:14-17

Effects of the Christian Ministry. ( a. d. 51.) 13 For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe. 14 For ye, brethren, became followers of the churches of God which in Judæa are in Christ Jesus: for ye also have suffered like things of your own countrymen, even as they have of the Jews: 15 Who both killed the Lord… Read the whole commentary →

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