Luke 11:47-51
11:48 a They killed the prophets: See 1 Kgs 19:10 b, 14 c; Neh 9:26 d; Jer 2:30 e; 26:20-24 f. Luke portrays Jesus as “The Suffering Prophet” Luke 4:22-24 g.11:49 h The quotation is not explicitly from the Old Testament.
11:51 i from the murder of Abel to the murder of Zechariah: Abel’s murder by his brother Cain was the first murder recorded in the Old Testament (Gen 4:8 j). The stoning of Zechariah, son of Jehoiada (2 Chr 24:20-22 k) was the last, since Chronicles is the last book in the Hebrew Bible.
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