a23:32
b1 Thes 2:14-16
c23:35
dGen 4:8-11
e2 Chr 24:15-22
fMatt 27:25

‏ Matthew 23:31-36

23:32  a finish what your ancestors started: By killing God’s Messiah, they would bring to completion Israel’s history of killing God’s messengers (see 1 Thes 2:14-16  b).
23:35  c The span from Abel (Gen 4:8-11  d) to Zechariah (2 Chr 24:15-22  e) follows the order of the Hebrew Bible, in which 2 Chronicles is the last book. The implication is that this generation will be guilty of every murder of the righteous in the Old Testament (cp. Matt 27:25  f).
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