Luke 11:49

This is why God in his wisdom said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some they will kill, and others they will 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

48By doing this you are witnesses showing that you agree with what your fathers did. They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs!

50Consequently, this generation will be held accountable for the blood of all the prophets shed from the beginning of the world,

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:1Isn't wisdom calling? Isn't understanding raising her voice?

Matthew 22:6The rest grabbed the king's servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by your parents, brothers, relatives, and friends, and they will kill some of you.

John 16:2They will expel you from the synagogues—in fact the time is coming when those who kill you will think they are doing God a service.

Acts 7:57But they held their hands over their ears and shouted as loudly as they could. They rushed together at him,

Acts 9:1But meanwhile Saul was making violent threats against the disciples of the Lord, wanting to kill them. He 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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