Luke 11:49

And therefore the wisdom of God hath said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute:

1770 John Worsley NT

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

48Thus ye testify that ye approve of the deeds of your fathers; for they put them to death, and ye build their sepulchres.

50that the blood of all the prophets which has been shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah,

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Cross References

Matthew 22:6and others seized his servants, and shamefully abused them, and slew them.

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

John 16:2for they will excommunicate you: yea, the time is coming, that whosoever killeth you, will think that he offers an acceptable service to God.

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

Acts 9:1But Saul still breathing out threatnings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, came to the high priest, and desired of him letters to the synagogues at Damascus,

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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