Matthew 23:36

Think about this: You people who have observed my ministry, it is you whom God will punish for killing all those prophets!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

In Context

35As a result, God will consider that you are guilty for killing [SYN] all the righteous people, including killing [MTY] Adam’s son Abel, who was a righteous man [SYN], and Zechariah, the son of Barachiah, whom you are guilty of killing in the holy place between the Temple and the altar, and for killing all the prophets who lived between the times that those two men lived.

37“O people of Jerusalem [MTY, APO], you killed the prophets who lived long ago, and you killed others whom God sent to you. You killed them by throwing stones at them [DOU]! Many times I wanted to gather you together to protect you, like a hen gathers her young chicks under her wings [MET]. But you did not want me to do that.

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Cross References

Ezekiel 12:21Yahweh gave me another message. He said,

Matthew 24:34Keep this in mind: All of these events will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died.

Luke 21:32Keep this in mind: All the things that I have just now described will happen before all the people who have observed the things that I have done have died.

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 →

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