Matthew 23:35
that on you may come all the upright blood shed on the earth, from the blood of upright Abel [Vanity, Mourning] + 23:35. Quoted from Gen 4:9-11 to the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, + 23:35. Quoted from 2 Chr 24:20-22 + 23:35 By referencing Genesis to 2 Chronicles, He calls to witness the entire recorded history of righteous people murdered from “A to Z”. (Chronicles is the last book of the Hebrew Bible) whom you murdered between the sanctuary and the altar.
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36Most certainly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Cross References
Genesis 9:5I will surely require your blood of your lives; at the hand of every animal I will require it. At the hand of man, even at the hand of every man’s brother, I will require the life of man.
Deuteronomy 21:7They shall answer and say, “Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it.
Isaiah 26:21For, behold, Adonai comes out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their depravity (moral evil). The earth also will disclose her blood, and will no longer cover her slain.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 23:35-39
The Doom of the Pharisees; The Guilt and Doom of Jerusalem. 34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall… Read the whole commentary →