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from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.` Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
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The 'A to Z' of Martyrdom
Commentators explain that Jesus's reference to Abel and Zachariah is a powerful indictment spanning all of Israel's history. Abel's murder is the first recorded in the Old Testament (Genesis), while the stoning of Zachariah is the last one recorded in the traditional order of the Hebrew Bible (2 Chronicles). This signifies that the generation Jesus addressed was the culmination of a long history of rejecting God's messengers.
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From the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah (απο αιματος Αβελ εως αιματος Ζαχαριου). The blood of Abel is the first shed in t…
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…
Baptist
Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
From the blood of Abel "Righteous Abel", as in (Matthew 23:35) and so read the Arabic version here, and …
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, …
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