Luke 11:49

Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

Majority Standard Bible

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 you bear witness and consent to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

50As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

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Cross References

Proverbs 8:1Does not wisdom call out, and understanding raise her voice?

Matthew 22:6The rest seized his servants, mistreated them, and killed them.

Luke 21:16You will be betrayed even by parents and relatives and friends and brothers, and some of you will be put to death.

John 16:2They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God.

Acts 7:57At this they covered their ears, cried out in a loud voice, and rushed together at him.

Acts 9:1Meanwhile, Saul was still breathing out murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord. He approached 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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