Zachariah son of Barachiah (Ζαχαριου υιου Βαραχιου). Broadus gives well the various alternatives in understanding and explaining t…

That upon you may come, etc. That is, the nation is guilty. Your fathers were guilty. You have shown yourselves to be like them. You are a…

The blood of Zacharias son of Barachias — A very memorable martyrdom is recorded in 2 Chronicles 24:20–22, in which a …

Our great King knew that His earthly life was soon to end. He was, in fact, about to utter His final farewell to the people gathered in the temple.…

St. John Chrysostom: He had said against the Scribes and Pharisees that they were the children of those who killed the Prophet…

The very messengers who were beaten and killed for calling the people to repentance in the mystery of providence fill up the measure of the people’…

That upon you may come. He not only takes away from them their false boasting, but shows that they had received prophets for a to…

That upon you may come all the righteous blood
Or "the blood of all the righteous men", as the Syriac: Arabic, Persi…

Our Lord declares the miseries the inhabitants of Jerusalem were about to bring upon themselves, but He does not mention the sufferings He was to u…

In this part, He recounts their cruelty, and He adds their earthly punishment. To begin with, He does the first thing; and secondly, He adds their …