Luke 11:49

That is why the wisdom of God said – “I will send to them prophets and apostles,

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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

48You are actually witnesses to your ancestors’ acts and show your approval of them, because, while they killed the prophets, you build tombs for them.

50some of whom they will persecute and kill, in order that the blood of all the prophets that has been spilt since the creation of the world may be exacted from this generation –

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Cross References

Matthew 22:6while the rest, seizing his servants, ill-treated them and killed them.

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

John 16:2They will expel you from their synagogues; indeed the time is coming when anyone who kills you will think that they are making an offering to God.

Acts 7:57At this, with a loud shout, they stopped their ears and all rushed on him, forced him outside the city,

Acts 9:1Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats 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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