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that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
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A Generational Debt Comes Due
Commentators explain that the phrase "may be required" carries the legal sense of a debt being called in. Jesus is declaring that the current generation is being held accountable for the cumulative, centuries-long history of rejecting and murdering God's prophets, a rebellion that stretched back to the world's beginning.
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That... may be required (ινα... εκζητηθη). Divinely ordered sequence, first aorist passive subjunctive of εκζητεω, a late and rare…
19th Century
Anglican
Therefore also said the wisdom of God.—The words that follow are largely the same as those of Matthew 23:34-36, where see…
These verses relate the grim truth behind the parable of the tenants (). God’s “wisdom” (v.49) most likely refers to his sovereign wisdom that allo…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
That the blood of all the prophets The same with "all the righteous blood", or the blood of all the righteous men, in ([Refere…
Presbyterian
We should all look to our hearts, that they may be cleansed and new-created; and while we attend to the great things of the law and of the gospel, …
