Luke 11:49

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send unto them prophets and apostles; and [some] of them they shall kill and persecute;

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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

48So ye are witnesses and consent unto the works of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build [their tombs].

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, And understanding put forth her voice?

Matthew 22:6and the rest laid hold on his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them.

Luke 21:16But ye shall be delivered up even by parents, and brethren, and kinsfolk, and friends; and [some] of you shall they cause to be put to death.

John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whosoever killeth you shall think that he offereth service unto God.

Acts 7:57But they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and rushed upon him with one accord;

Acts 9:1But Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto 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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