cch. 5:12; 22:6; 23:34, 37; [2 Chr. 24:19; 36:15, 16; Neh. 9:26; Jer. 37:15; 38:6; Acts 7:52; 2 Cor. 11:24-26; 1 Thess. 2:15; Heb. 11:36, 37]
apSee Matt. 21:35
aq1 Thess. 2:15 (Gk.)
asSee Matt. 13:35
baSee Matt. 21:11
bcSee Matt. 21:35
Matthew 5:12
12 aRejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for bso they persecuted the prophets who were before you.Matthew 21:35-39
35 cAnd the tenants took his servants and beat one, killed another, and dstoned another. 36 eAgain he sent other servants, more than the first. And they did the same to them. 37Finally he sent his son to them, saying, ‘They will respect my son.’ 38But when the tenants saw the son, they said to themselves, f‘This is the heir. Come, glet us kill him and have his inheritance.’ 39And they took him and hthrew him out of the vineyard and killed him.Matthew 23:31-35
31Thus you witness against yourselves that you are isons of those who murdered the prophets. 32 jFill up, then, the measure of your fathers. 33You serpents, kyou brood of vipers, how are you to escape being sentenced to lhell? 34 mTherefore nI send you oprophets and wise men and pscribes, qsome of whom you will kill and crucify, and rsome you will sflog in your synagogues and tpersecute from town to town, 35so that on you may come all uthe righteous blood shed on earth, from the blood of righteous vAbel to the blood of wZechariah the son of Barachiah, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit the son of Barachiah
whom you murdered between ythe sanctuary and zthe altar. Matthew 23:37
Lament over Jerusalem
37 aa“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that abkills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have acgathered adyour children together aeas a hen gathers her brood afunder her wings, and agyou were not willing!Matthew 27:25
25And all the people answered, ah“His blood be on us and aion our children!”Luke 11:48-51
48 ajSo you are witnesses and you akconsent to the deeds of alyour fathers, for they killed them, and you build their tombs. 49Therefore also amthe Wisdom of God said, an‘I will send them aoprophets and apostles, apsome of whom they will aqkill and persecute,’ 50so that arthe blood of all the prophets, shed asfrom the foundation of the world, may be atcharged against this generation, 51from the blood of auAbel to the blood of avZechariah, who perished between awthe altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, it will be axrequired of this generation.Luke 13:33-34
33Nevertheless, ayI azmust go on my way today and tomorrow and the day following, for it cannot be that baa prophet should perish away from Jerusalem.’ 34 bbO Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that bckills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! bdHow often would I have begathered bfyour children together bgas a hen gathers her brood bhunder her wings, and biyou were not willing!
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