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49 Therefore the wisdom of God also said, a‘I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will kill and persecute,’  
50 that the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the foundation of the world may be required of this generation,
51 afrom the blood of Abel to bthe blood of Zechariah who perished between the altar and the temple. Yes, I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.  
52 a“Woe to you lawyers! For you have taken away the key of knowledge. You did not enter in yourselves, and those who were entering in you hindered.”  
53 1And as He said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to assail Him vehemently, and to cross-examine Him about many things,  
54 lying in wait for Him,1 and aseeking to catch Him in something He might say,2 that they might accuse Him. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Luke 11:51

blood of Zacharias—Probably the allusion is not to any recent murder, but to II Chronicles 24:20-22, as the last recorded and most suitable case for illustration. And as Zacharias' last words were, "The Lord require it," so they are warned that "of that generation it should be required."



Luke 11:49-51

said the wisdom, etc.—a remarkable variation of the words in Matthew 23:34, "Behold I SEND." As there seems plainly an allusion to ancient warnings of what God would do with so incorrigible a people, so here Christ, stepping majestically into the place of God, so to speak, says, "Now I am going to carry all that out." Could this be other than the Lord of Israel in the flesh?


 
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