Matthew 23:35-37
35so that on you may come all athe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous bAbel to the blood of cZechariah the son of Barachiah, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
whom you murdered between ethe sanctuary and fthe altar. 36Truly, I say to you, gall these things will come upon this generation. Lament over Jerusalem
37 h“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that ikills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have jgathered kyour children together las a hen gathers her brood munder her wings, and nyou were not willing!Luke 11:51-54
51from the blood of oAbel to the blood of pZechariah, who perished between qthe altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be rrequired of this generation. 52Woe to you slawyers! tFor you have taken away the key of uknowledge. You vdid not enter yourselves, and you hindered those who were entering.”53As he went away from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to press him hard and to provoke him to speak about many things, 54 wlying in wait for him, xto catch him in something he might say.
Acts 7:52
52 yWhich of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who announced beforehand the coming of zthe Righteous One, aawhom you have now betrayed and murdered,Acts 12:2-3
2He killed abJames the brother of John acwith the sword, 3and when he saw adthat it pleased the Jews, he proceeded to arrest Peter also. This was during aethe days of Unleavened Bread.
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