Luke 11:49

For this reason also the wisdom of God said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute,

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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

48Truly you bear witness that you approve of the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and you build their tombs.

50That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

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Cross References

Matthew 22:6And the rest took his servants, and treated them spitefully, and killed them.

Luke 21:16And you shall be betrayed both by parents, and brothers, and relatives, and friends; and some of you shall they cause to be put to death.

John 16:2They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the time comes when whoever kills you will think that he is serving God.

Acts 7:57Then they cried out with a loud voice, and stopped their ears, and ran upon him with one accord,

Acts 9:1And Saul, still breathing out threats and slaughter 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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