Luke 11:49

Therefore also the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill, and shall persecute:

Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament

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

48Ye do indeed bear witness to, and with pleasure concur in your fathers’ deeds; for they truly killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

50that the blood of all the prophets, which hath been shed since the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation:

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Cross References

Matthew 22:6And the rest seizing his servants, insulted and slew them.

Luke 21:16But ye shall be betrayed even by parents, and brethren, and relations, and friends; and some of you they shall put to death.

John 16:2They will put you out of their synagogues: yea, the hour is coming, that every one who killeth you will think he offers God a sacred service.

Acts 7:57Then they screamed out with a great cry, and stopped their ears, and rushed all together upon him,

Acts 9:1BUT Saul, still breathing out threatenings and murder against the disciples of the Lord, applying 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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