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Which of the prophets have not your fathers persecuted? and they have slain them which shewed before of the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have been now the betrayers and murderers:

Which {G5101} of the prophets {G4396} have {G1377} not {G3756} your {G5216} fathers {G3962} persecuted {G1377}? and {G2532} they have slain {G615} them which {G3588} shewed before {G4293} of {G4012} the coming {G1660} of the Just One {G1342}; of whom {G3739} ye {G5210} have been {G1096} now {G3568} the betrayers {G4273} and {G2532} murderers {G5406}:

Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? They killed those who told in advance about the coming of the Tzaddik, and now you have become his betrayers and murderers! —

Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—

Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? and they killed them that showed before of the coming of the Righteous One; of whom ye have now become betrayers and murderers;

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Cross-References

  • Matthew 5:12 (7 votes)

    Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

  • 1 Kings 19:10 (6 votes)

    And he said, I have been very jealous for the LORD God of hosts: for the children of Israel have forsaken thy covenant, thrown down thine altars, and slain thy prophets with the sword; and I, [even] I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:16 (6 votes)

    But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy.

  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15 (5 votes)

    Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

  • Jeremiah 2:30 (4 votes)

    In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

  • Luke 11:47 (4 votes)

    Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

  • Luke 11:51 (4 votes)

    From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.