Luke 11:49

KJV1611 – Modern English

Therefore the wisdom of God also said, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall kill and persecute:

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  • 1 Cor 1:30 : 30 But of him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God—and righteousness and sanctification and redemption—
  • Col 2:3 : 3 In whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
  • 1 Cor 1:24 : 24 But to those who are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
  • Prov 1:2-6 : 2 To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; 3 To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; 4 To give subtlety to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. 5 A wise man will hear and increase in learning, and a man of understanding will attain wise counsel; 6 To understand a proverb and the interpretation, the words of the wise and their riddles.
  • Prov 8:1-9 : 1 Does not wisdom cry out, and understanding raise her voice? 2 She stands on the top of high places, by the way where the paths meet. 3 She cries at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the entrance of the doors. 4 To you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of men. 5 O simple ones, understand wisdom; and you fools, be of an understanding heart. 6 Hear, for I will speak of excellent things; and from the opening of my lips will come right things. 7 For my mouth will speak truth; wickedness is an abomination to my lips. 8 All the words of my mouth are righteous; there is nothing twisted or perverse in them. 9 They are all plain to him who understands, and right to those who find knowledge. 10 Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. 11 For wisdom is better than rubies, and all the things that may be desired cannot compare to it. 12 I, wisdom, dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.
  • Prov 9:1-3 : 1 Wisdom has built her house, she has carved out her seven pillars: 2 She has slaughtered her beasts; she has mixed her wine; she has also set her table. 3 She has sent out her maidens: she cries out on the highest places of the city,
  • Matt 22:6 : 6 And the rest seized his servants, mistreated them spitefully, and killed them.
  • Matt 23:34-36 : 34 Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar. 36 Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.
  • Luke 21:16-17 : 16 And you shall be betrayed both by parents, brothers, relatives, and friends; and some of you they shall cause to be put to death. 17 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake.
  • Luke 24:47 : 47 And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
  • John 16:2 : 2 They will put you out of the synagogues: yes, the time is coming when whoever kills you will think he is offering service to God.
  • Acts 1:8 : 8 But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.
  • Acts 7:57-8:1 : 57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord, 58 And cast him out of the city and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their clothes at a young man's feet, whose name was Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he called on God and said, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit. 60 And he knelt down and cried with a loud voice, Lord, do not charge them with this sin. And when he had said this, he fell asleep. 1 And Saul approved of his death. And at that time a great persecution arose against the church in Jerusalem; and they were all scattered throughout the regions of Judea and Samaria, except the apostles.
  • Acts 8:3 : 3 As for Saul, he ravaged the church, entering every house and dragging off men and women, committing them to prison.
  • Acts 9:1-2 : 1 And Saul, still breathing out threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest, 2 And requested letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, so that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
  • Acts 12:1-2 : 1 At that time, King Herod stretched out his hands to persecute certain members of the church. 2 And he killed James, the brother of John, with the sword.
  • Acts 22:4-5 : 4 And I persecuted this way to the death, binding and delivering into prisons both men and women. 5 As also the high priest bears me witness, and all the council of the elders, from whom I also received letters to the brothers, and went to Damascus to bring those who were there bound to Jerusalem, to be punished.
  • Acts 22:20 : 20 And when the blood of your martyr Stephen was shed, I also was standing by, consenting to his death, and kept the clothes of those who killed him.
  • Acts 26:10-11 : 10 Which thing I also did in Jerusalem: and many of the saints I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests; and when they were put to death, I cast my vote against them. 11 And I punished them often in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even to foreign cities.
  • 2 Cor 11:24-25 : 24 From the Jews five times I received forty lashes minus one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked, a night and a day I have been in the deep;
  • Eph 4:11 : 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;

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    34Therefore, indeed, I send to you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city:

    35that on you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Berechiah, whom you murdered between the temple and the altar.

    36Truly I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation.

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    50That 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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